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CCELENTERATES : ACALEPHS. 



Norwegian naturalist, who was one of the first investi- 

 gators of these curious kinds of Jellyflshes. 



Nothing can excel the delicacy of Coryne. Soft as 

 the softest jelly, almost as transparent as the dewdrop, 



Fig. 484. — Portuguese Man-of-war. 



yet it performs varied and rapid movements, contracts 

 and expands its tentacles, catches and devours other 

 Medusae, and other marine animals, and to all appear- 

 ances delights in life as much as higher animals do. 



