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PHOSPHORIC PENNATULA, 
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SEA-PEN. 
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Generic Character. 
Animal free, or locomotive. 
( generally) expanding into proceffes on the 
upper part. 
Procejfes or branches furniflied with rows of tu¬ 
bular denticles. 
Polype-head proceeding from each tube. 
Specific Character, &c. 
SEA-PEN with flefhy Item, middle part rough, 
pinnules imbricated. 
BRITISH SEA-PEN. 
Ellis Zooph. p.6i. 
THE COMMON SEA-PEN. 
The Pennatulae 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 
is 
