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WORMS. MOLLUSCA. 32. Salpa. 
The animals of this Genus arc of a gregarious nature, and 
adhere together; they Iwim with great facility, and have 
power of contrading or opening at pleaiure the cavities at t** 
extremities. 
A. Furnlped with an appendage. 
Maxima, Body with a fmall appendage at each extretnity. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean. Nat. Mi/cel vii, tab. 232, , 
.Body hyaline with a blaeifli calf, about a fpan long, fomesvh jj 
quadrangular, with a dull teftaceous pot at the lower en** 
the lower appendage is fubulate, the upper conic. 
Pinnata, Mouth terminal ; back with a yellow and white line : ^ 
domen with 2 reddilh-white lines. 
Inhabits the Mediterratiea'’, Foijk. fn. Arab. p. 113. n. 3 1. 1 
JSo^ about z inches long, nearly triangular, hyaline with 
opake line on the back; appetidage relerabling a fin, and ; 
ther triangular. 
Democrat!- Body fafeiate and prickly behind. 
ea. Shaw Natur Mijc<l, tab. 236 Forjk. JEgypl. 1 1 J. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean, in large groupes, and 
confufedly in.all direftions; about an inch long. , ^ 
Bodf oval, truncate before and ending in about 8 fpines behio ’ , 
with a blucilh nucleus at the bafe or a radiate circle. 
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Mucronata. Mouth lateral : front with a hyaline fpine placed on 
right fide, and another at the tail placed on the 
fide : nucleus or ipot behind oblong and blue. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean. Forjk. fn. Arab. p. 114, n. 33 
Body about an inch long, oblong-ovate, pointed behind : nua 
opake. 
B. Without the terminal appendage. 
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PunQata. Mooth nearly terminal : back dotted with red and mucf® 
nate behind t tail projefti/ig. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean. Forth, fn. jEgypt. p. 1 14. «. 34 ’ J5 
Body about an inch and a half long, hyaline with obfolete ba'’j 
on the abdomen : nucleut or fpot near the tail opake 2nd P 
lowilh-ferruginous. 
Confedera- 
te!. 
Mouth terminal ; back gibbous. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean. Forth, fn. Arab, p, lij, n. 35. - 
Body about an inch long, nearly quadrangnlar, hyaline, 
with a globular-ovate nucleus behind the gibbofity of the ' 
opake and reddilh-brawn with a pellucid line proieedi*’^ 
frem it, 
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