THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



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In addition to these, the animal is furnished with long 

 suckers, which pass through rows of small holes in the 

 shell; and by the aid of these it can even climb rocks 

 in search of the small shell-fish on which it lives. 



The radiated form is also seen in the star at the head 



106. MEDUSA. 



of the Sea Cucumber, and also in the Ecrinites or 

 Lily-formed animals. 



We next come to the Acalephse* or Sea-Nettles, which, 

 as you no doubt know, are quite soft, and have received 

 their name from their power of stinging. The annexed 

 drawing (Fig. 106) represents one of this tribe, when 



* Akalephe, a nettle (Greek) > 



