THE 
FOUn-LOBED LUCERNARIA. 
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Generic Ciiara c ter. 
Body gelatinous, wrinkled, branched. 
Mouth beneath. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Red LUCERNARIA, with four arms tentacu¬ 
lated at the tip. 
Mull. Zool. Dan. t. 39 . f. 1 .—6. 
This highly curious Zoophyte, allied in the strong¬ 
est manner to the Polypes, seems to have been first 
considered as forming a distinct genus by the cele¬ 
brated Muller in his Zoologia Danica, under the title 
of Lucernaria. It is a native of the northern seas, 
and has been chiefly observed about the shores of 
Denmark and Norway, adhering to fuci and other 
marine substances; nor is it altogether a stranger to 
the British isles, a very fine specimen having been 
discovered 
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