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CLASSIFICATION AND CREATION. 



The internal cavity and the radiating tubes, in- 

 stead of being connected with the outer wall of 



Common Sea-Urchin, Echinus, seen from above. 



the body as in Polyps, or hollowed out of the 

 substance of the body as in Jelly-Fishes, are here 

 enclosed within independent walls of their own, 



Echinarachnius, opened by a transverse or horizontal section, and showing 

 the internal arrangement : o, mouth ; e e e e e, ambulacra, with their rami- 

 fications cm cm. cm; wwww, interambulacra. 



quite distinct from the wall of the body. But 

 notwithstanding this difference, a transverse sec- 



