6$ PENNATULA, 



knotted Sea-thread ; but differ remarkably in having their 

 cchinated ovaries arife from the adhering tubes. 



VII. PENNATULA. S E A-P E N 



Animal nutans, libe- Is an animal that fwims 



rum, multiforme^ ojjiculo freely about in the fea, of 



fujjuhum, many fhapes, having a bone 



in the iniide to fupport it. 

 Polypos tentaculis ra- It fends forth from the up- 



diatis oviparis a parte fu- per part of its flem, polype- 

 periorl cxjerens. like mouths furrounded by 



claws ; through thefe it pro- 

 duces its eggs. 

 Balis nuda,. The lower part of the ftem 



is bare. 



This genus of animals differs remarkably from all the 

 other Zoophytes by their fwimming freely about in the 

 fea, and many of them having a mufcular motion as they 

 fwim along. I know of none of them that fix themfelves 

 by their bafe, notwithstanding what has been wrote.. 

 They have no opening at the bottom, as was formerly 

 thought, nor any other paffage but through their polype 

 mouths ; by thefe they take in their food, and through 

 thefe they produce their eggs, as in mod; Zoophytes.. 

 They have the remarkable property of fending forth a; 

 ftrong phofphoreal light in the fea. 



When we compare them to the other Zoophytes, they, 

 approach neareft to the Gorgojiia, as having a bone in 

 the iniide like them, which is covered with flefn, and 

 their upper parts full of polype-like mouths. 



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