236 ] The Classification of Lower Organisms 



Family 5. Ophryodendrida [Ophryodendridae] Kent I.e. Family Ophryodendrina 

 Biitschli (1889). Ophryodendron, etc. 



Family 6. Dendrocometida [Dendrocometidae] Kent I.e. Family Dendrocometina 

 Biitschli (1889). Dendrocometes, Stylocometes. 



c. With differentiated tentacles for piercing and sucking. 



Family 7. Ephelotida [Ephelotidae] Kent. I.e. Family Ephelotina Sand 1899. 

 Marine, individuals subglobular, stalked. Ephelota, naked; Podocyathus, loricate. 



With this peculiar and highly evolved group, the here-proposed classification of 

 organisms which lack the distinctive characters both of plants and of animals is 

 concluded. 



