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CGELENTERATA. 

 (Figs. III. to VI.) 



This important group of animals includes the plant- 

 like Zoophytes, the Medusse or jelly-fishes, and our 

 familiar Sea Anemones, as well as many animals, such as 

 the reef-building corals, which are not found in our seas. 



Fig. III. 



Fig. III. shows pieces of several of our commonest British 

 Zoophytes. They are all colonies or assemblages of small 

 animals united together and fixed to one spot so as to 

 have a rooted plant-like appearance. But although rooted 

 and branched, and known as animal-plants (Zoophytes), it 

 must be remembered that these colonies are true animals, 

 and are moreover not the lowest animals, or those nearest 



