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THE 



PHOSPHORIC PENNATULA, 



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SEA-PEN. 



Generic Character. 



Animal free, or locomotive. 

 Body (generally) expanding into procefies on the 

 upper part. 



Procejfes or branches furnifhed with rows of tu- 

 bular denticles. 

 Polype-bead proceeding from each tube. 



Specific Character, &c. 



SEA-PEN with flefhy ftem, middle part rough, 

 pinnules imbricated. 



BRITISH SEA-PEN. 



Ellis Zooph. p. 6l. 



THE COMMON SEA-PEN. 



The Pennatulee or Sea-Pens form a genus of loco- 

 motive Zoophytes, and fwim in the manner of a fifh. 

 They are in general of a very beautiful appearance. 

 The fpecies here exhibited is the moft common ; it is 

 found in confiderable plenty on the Britifh coafts, and 



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