TA KU KOMM : 



out of the pharynx, a feature which, in my opinion, is the most character- 

 istic of the group Platyctenca. Furthermore, the animal shares with 

 the forms of that group the features thit the oesophagus is very well 

 differentiated, that the meridional canals exhibit signs - though slight — of 

 branching, and that the infundibular canal is obliterated. From this, it 

 appears assumable that the relationship of Gastrodes to the Platyctenea 

 is such that it may probably be taken up into that group. 



