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S I. GREGARINIDAE.** CLASS II. RHIZOPODA. _Order_ 1. _Monera_.** " 2. _Amoebea_.** " 3. _Foraminifera_. " 4. _Radiolaria_ (Polycystines, &c.) " 5. _Spongida_ (Sponges). CLASS III. INFUSORIA.** SUB-KINGDOM II.--COELENTERATA. Animal simple or compound; body-wall composed of two principal layers; digestive canal freely communicating with the general cavity of the body; no circulating organs, and no nervous system or a rudimentary one; mouth surrounded by tentacles, arranged, like the internal organs, in a "radiate" or star-like manner. CLASS I. HYDROZOA. _Sub-class_ 1. _Hydroida_ ("Hydroid Zoophytes"). _Ex._ Fresh-water Polypes,** Pipe-corallines (_Tubularia_), Sea-Firs (_Sertularia_). _Sub-class_ 2. _Siphonophora_** ("Oceanic Hydrozoa"). _Ex_. Portuguese Man-of-war (_Physalia_). _Sub-class_ 3. _Discophora_ ("Jelly-fishes"). Only known as fossils by impressions of their stranded carcasses. _Sub-class_ 4. _Lucernarida_ ("Sea-blubbers"). Also only known as fossils by impressions left in fine-grained strata. _Sub-class_ 5. _Graptolitidoe_* ("Graptolites"). CLASS II. ACTINOZOA. _Order_ 1. _Zoantharia_. _Ex_. Sea-anemones** (_Actinidoe_), Star-corals (_Astroeidoe_). _Order_ 2. _Alcyonaria_. _Ex_. Sea-pens (_Pennatula_), Organ-pipe Coral (_Tubipora_), Red Coral (_Corallium_). _Order_ 3. _Rugosa_ ("Rugose Corals"). " 4. _Ctenophora_.** _Ex_. Venus's Girdle (_Cestum_). SUB-KINGDOM III.--ANNULOIDA. Animals in which the digestive canal is completely shut off from the cavity of the body; a distinct nervous system; a system of branched "water-vessels," which usually communicate with the exterior. Body of the adult often "radiate," and never composed of a succession of definite rings. CLASS I. ECHINODERMATA. _Order_ 1. _Crinoidea_ ("Sea-lilies"). _Ex_. Feather-star (_Comatula_), Stone-lily (_Encrinus_*). _Order_ 2. _Blastoidea_* ("Pentremites"). " 3. _Cystoidea_* ("Globe-lilies"). " 4. _Ophiuroidea_ ("Brittle-stars"). _Ex_. Sand-stars (_Ophiura_), Brittle-stars (_Ophiocoma_). _Order_ 5. _Asteroidea_ ("Star-fishes"). Ex. Cross-fish (_Uraster_), Sun-star (_Solaster_). _Order_ 6. _Echinoidea_ ("Sea-urchins"). Ex. Sea-eggs (_Echinus_), Heart-urchins (_Spatangus_). _Order_ 7. _Holothuroidea_ ("Sea-cucumbers"). _Ex_. Trepangs
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