THE CATEGORIES OF LIFE 



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These latter creatures are far more important 

 from the point of view of the economy of the sea 

 than are the larvae. They constitute probably the 



Fig. 4. Plankton : Unicellular organisms. 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 

 16, 17, 18, Diatoms; 4, 5, 6, 9, Peridinians; 8, an Algal repro- 

 ductive Cell, or Zoospore ; 14, Noctiluca ; 15, a Eadiolarian. All 

 magnified. 



largest of all the categories of life in the sea, for 

 though they are very minute in point of size, yet 



