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VIII. GENUS. RHODOCRINITES. 
ROSE-LIKE, LILY-SHAPED ANIMAL. 
Generic Character. 
A Crinoidal animal, with a round and sometimes slightly pentagonal co- 
lumn, formed of numerous joints perforated by a pentapetalous alimentary 
canal. The pelvis formed of three pieces supporting five square plates, in the 
spaces of whose lateral bevelled angles five heptagonal first costals are 
inserted. From the scapule proceeds an arm supporting two hands. 
Observation. 
The name of this Genus is derived from the Greek word poaos, a rose, and 
applied from the rose-like figure of the alimentary canal. 
1. SPECIES. RHODOCRINITES VERUS. 
TRUE ROSE-LIKE, LILY-SHAPED ANIMAL. 
Generic Character. 
As only one decidedly ascertained species has occurred, the character of 
the genus will identify it. — 
