CONSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONIS ZOOPHYTORUM. 



ZOOPHYTA. 



Animalia Radiata saepius basi affixa, superne tentaculis coronata 

 cum ore centrali edentato, et intus, tubo cibario uniforo : androgyna ; 

 ovipara et gemmipara : nervis inconspicuis (?) : circulatione excorde 

 laxissima, : sensus organis specialibus nullis. 



Ordo I.— ACTINOIDEA. 



Ventriculo stomachum includente lamellis radiatis generativis sep- 

 tato ; ovulis ore ejectis. 



Sub-ordo I.— ACTINARIA. 



Tentaculis 6, 12, aut pluribus, srepissime non papillosis et apice 

 perforatis: ssepe coralligena; corallis calcareis, (rarissime corneis,) 

 cellis radiatis. 



Tribds I.— ASTR^ACEA. 



Multitentaculata, tentaculis subseriatis aut sparsis; ssepe gemmi- 

 para, gemmatione superiore, polypis superne lateraliter prolatantibus : 

 ssepe coralligena, corallis calcareis, cellis multi-radiatis, lamellis ultra 

 cellas productis, itaque superficie corallorum aggregatorum lamello- 

 striata. 



Familia I. Actinidjs. Animalia non coralligena, saspius affixa. 



Genera. Actinia, Anthea, Adamsia, Edwardsia, Ilyanthus, Capnea, Actinecta, Epi- 

 cystis, Actinodendrum, Lucernaria, Metridium, Actineria, Heterodactyla, Epicladia. 



Familia II. Astr^eid^e. Calcareo-coralligena ; tentaculis margine disci dispositis, 

 discis interdum seriatim tantummodo confluentibus : corallorum cellis excavatis, stellis cir- 

 cumscriptis, interdum lobatis aut lineatis ; lamellis corallorum aggregatorum in medio 

 septo saepius interruptis. 



