. THE 
SUN TRICHODA. 
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Generic Character. 
Animalcule inconspicuous to the naked eye, 
beset with hair. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Globular TRICHODA radiated on all sides. 
Radiated TRICHODA. 
Solar TRICHODA. 
The animalcule which forms the subject of the 
present plate is not more remarkable for the singu¬ 
larity of its form than of its nature, and when ac¬ 
curately examined, will be found to exhibit pheno¬ 
mena equally surprising with the reproduction of 
the polype. 
The whole body appears to consist of an uniform 
medullary substance, beset on all sides with very 
numerous transparent diverging rays or prickles, 
while a small hole in the centre of a papillary pro¬ 
tuberance forms the mouth. 
It is an animalcule of an extremely inactive na¬ 
ture, and occasionally remains for days together in 
the same situation, and without any visible motion, 
except 
