CONSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS ZOOPHYTORUM. 



ZOOPHYTA. 



ANIMALIA RADIATA ssepius basi affixa, superne tentaculis coronata 

 cum ore central! edentate, et intus, tubo cibario uniforo : androgyna ; 

 ovipara et gemmipara : nervis inconspicuis (?) : circulatione excorde 

 laxissima : sensus organis specialibus nullis. 



ORDO I. ACTINOIDEA. 



Ventriculo stomachum includente lamellis radiatis generativis sep- 

 tato ; ovulis ore ejectis. 



SUB-ORDO L ACTINARIA. 



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

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

 cellis radiatis. 



TRIBUS I. ASTR^EACEA. 



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. ACTINID.E. Animalia non coralligena, ssopius affixa. 



Genera. Actinia, Anthea, Adamsia, Edwardsia, Ilyanthus, Capnea, Actinecta, Epi- 

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



FAMILIA II. ASTR.SID*:. 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 saepius interruptis. 



