PEROMEDUSAE. 



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Sub-order 2. PEROMEDUSAE. 



With 4 interradial rliopalia (with otoliths and eyes) ; with 4 perradial tentacles, 

 or with 12 tentacles (4 per* and 8 adradial, Fig. 135); with 8 or 16 marginal 

 lobes. The 4 radial gastral pouches are separated from one another by very 

 short septal-unions or septa, so that the 

 stomach may be said to be surrounded by 

 a wide circular sinus, communicating with 

 it by 4 ostia (Fig. 99). The circular sinus 

 gives off towards the periphery of the 

 umbrella 8 or 16 flat pockets, eacli of 

 which gives off two lobe -pockets, and 

 between these one pocket to a tentacle 

 or sense - body. 4 horse - shoe shaped 

 gonads in the ventral wall of the circular 

 sinus. 



Pio. ISB.Periphylla hyadnthina (after Haeckel). 

 Rf annular groove dividing the umbrella into 

 a proximal conical part, and a ventral lobed 

 region. 



FIG. 130. Charybdea marmpialis, natural 

 size. T tentacles ; Rk marginal bodies > 

 Ov gonads. 



Fam. 3. Pericolpidae. With 4 perradial tentacles, 4 interradial rhopalia, 

 and 8 adradial marginal lobes. Pericolpa H. ; Pcricrypta H. 



Fain. 4. Periphyllidae. 12 tentacles, 4 rhopalia, 16 marginal lobes. 

 Pcripalma H.; Periphylla H. (Fig. 135). 



