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order. They may, without difficulty, be observed 

 in the common species of Lucernaria. They are 

 usually solid, perhaps through vacuolation ; contain 

 thread-cells, and, even when detached, execute a 

 peculiar writhing kind of movement. In Chrysaora, 

 according to Fritz Miiller, they attain a length of 

 several inches. 



Three families of Lucernaridce may be defined 

 as follows : — 



in the 



Order LUCERNAKHLE. 



Family i. LucernariadjE. 



Reproductive elements developed 

 primitive hydrosoma, without intervention of 

 free zooids. 



Umbrella with short marginal tentacles 

 and a proximal hydrorhiza. 

 Polypite single. 



Family 2. Pelagid;E. 



Reproductive elements developed in a free 

 umbrella, which either constitutes the primi- 

 tive hydrosoma or is produced by fission from 

 an attached Lucernaroid. 



Umbrella with marginal tentacles. 



Polypite single. 



Family 3. Khizostomim:. 



Reproductive elements developed in free 

 zooids produced by fission from attached 

 Lucernaroids. 



Umbrella without marginal tentacles. 



Polypites numerous, modified, forming with 

 the genitalia a dendriform mass depending 

 from the umbrella. 



