324 NATURAL HISTOEY OF 



FAMILY X. VICTORELLIDJS. 



Zooecia originating in an enlargement of the creeping 

 tubular stem, with which they are continuous at the 

 base; above free and cylindrical; not deciduous. — 

 T. H. 



Genus Victorella, Saville Kent. 



Zoarium consisting of a creeping ramified stem, 

 which swells out at intervals into somewhat fusiform 

 or clavate enlargements, in which the cells originate. 

 Zooecia. decumbent at the base^ which is continuous 

 with the stem, above free and cylindrical; branches 

 given off from the sides of the expansions in the course 

 of the stem. Polypides with few tentacles ; no gizzard. 

 — T. H. 



1. Y. PAViDA, Saville Kent. 



Hab. : Victoria Dock^ London {S. K.). 



A minute species found on C. lacustris, in brackish 

 water. Its characters appear in the generic descrip- 

 tion. 



Described by Mr. W. Saville Kent in the Q. J. M. S. 

 (N.S.), X. (1870), 34. 



Sub-Oeder IV. : PALUDICELLEA. 



FAMILY PALUDICELLID^. 



The only Family. Species found in fresh water. 

 Genus Paludicella, Gervais. 



Coenoecium membrano-corneous, branched^ branches 

 composed of a series of claviform cells placed end to 

 end, and separated by complete septa ; orifices tubular. 



