CONSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONIS ZOOPHYTORUM. 



ZOOPHYTA. 



Animalia R.ADIATA ssepius 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 nuUis. 



Ordo L— ACTINOIDEA. 



Ventriculo stomachum includente lamellis radiatis generativis sep- 

 tate ; ovulis ore ejectis. 



SuB-oEDo I.— ACTINARIA. 



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

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

 cellis radiatis. 



Tribus L— ASTRJi^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. AcTiNiDJE. Animalia non coralligena, saepius affixa. 



Genera. Actinia, Authea, Adamsia, Edvvardsia, Ilyanthus, Capnea, Actinecta, Epi- 

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



Familia II. Astr.eid^. 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 ssepius interruptis. 



