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PHOROtflS 



CHAP. X^ 



that the Vermiformia, like the Pterobranchia, must in future 

 grouped with the Hemichordata. He finds three well-defiiM 

 eoelomie spaces corresponding with the epistome, the collar, anc 

 the trunk, and also representatives of the collar pores, and 

 further inclined to believe that structures representing the not( 

 chord exist in Actinotrocha. 



Should Masterman's researches be confirmed, Phoronis will 

 removed from its present isolated and enigmatical position, anc 

 placed with Cephalodiscus and Rhahdwpleura amongst the Hemi 

 chordata, which will be described in Vol. VII. of this work. 



