ZOOPHYTES. 
CLASSIFICATION OF ZOOPHYTES. 
Animals of the class Eadiata : usually attached at base : 
having a coronet of tentacles above, and an edentate mouth at 
the centre : within, an alimentary cavity, to which the mouth is 
the only opening : androgynous ; gemmiparous and oviparous : 
nerves indistinct (?) : circulation very imperfect : no special or- 
gans of sense. 
Order I.— ACTINOIDEA. 
Visceral cavity enclosing the stomach, and divided into com- 
partments by radiated lamella8, having reproductive functions ; 
ovules ejected through the mouth. 
Suborder I. — ACTINARIA. 
Tentacles 6, 12, or more, in number, not papillose, (with few 
exceptions,) and perforate at apex : often coralligenous ; coralla 
calcareous, very rarely corneous, cells radiate with lame! lie. 
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