MARINE POLYZOA. 



Fam. 8. BICELLARIAD^E. 



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Polyzoary dichotomously divided into narrow ligulate, bi- or 

 multiserial branches. No vibracula. Avicularia when present 

 pedunculate and articulated. Polyzoary erect ; phytoid. 



Bicellariadae, Busk, Voy. of Rattlesn. i. 373. 

 Bugulidse, Gray, Cat. Brit. Rad. 110, 146. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



1. Bicellaria. 



2. Halophila. 



3. Bugula. 



1. BICELLARIA. 



Cells turbinate, distant. Aperture directed more or less up- 

 wards. Several spines, marginal or dorsal. 



Bicellaria, Blainv. D. S. N. 1830; Gray, Cat. Brit. Rad. 112. 



Cellularia, Flem. Brit. Anim. 1828. 



Cellularia, sp. Pallas. 



Cellaria, sp. Soland.; Lamk. 1816. 



Bugula a, sp. Oken, Lehrb. Nat. 89. 



1. BICELLARIA CILIATA. PL XXXIV. 



Aperture oval looking obliquely upwards and forwards. Five 

 to seven very long, slender, incurved marginal spines on the outer 

 edge of the aperture. One to two dorsal spines. A single, long, 

 slender, submarginal spine at the lower part of the aperture. 

 Ovicell subpedunculate, attached to the inner edge of the aper- 

 ture. Avicularia capitate, affixed to the lower and outer part of 

 the cell. 



Ciliated Coralline, Ellis, Corall. 38. no. 5. pi. 20. d, D. 

 Sertularia ciliata, Linn. Syst. 1316; Berk. Syn. i. 230; jEsper, 



Pflanz. Sert. t. 14. f. 1, 2. 



Cellularia ciliata, Pall. Elench. 74 ; Flem. Brit. Anim. 540. 

 Cellaria ciliata, Ellis and Soland. Zooph. 24 ; Lamk. Anim. s. 



Vert. ii. 139, ed. 2. ii. 186. 

 Bugula ciliata, Oken, Lehrb. Nat. 89. 

 Crisia ciliata, Lamour. Corall. 60 ; Templeton, Mag. Nat. Hist. 



ix. 468 ; Van Beneden, Mem. 51. pi. 6. f. 9-11. 

 Bicellaria ciliata, Blainv. Act. 459; Gray, Cat. Brit. Rad. 112. 

 Cellularia ciliata, Johnst. Brit. ZoopA.291.pl. 38. f. 1,2; Couch. 



Zooph. Cornw. 56; Corn. Faun. iii. 126. pi. 23. f. 1 ; Johnst. 



Hist. Brit. Zooph. ed. 2. 335. t. 58. f. 1, 2. 

 Hob. European Seas. 



