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Shunting "Actinozoa" to "Coelenterata" would do no harm, and would have the great merit of letting me breathe a little.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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But if you think better that "Actinozoa" should come in its place under A, I will try what I can do.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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Actinozoa, and Hemisphenozoa -- are essentially adaptations to particular modes of locomotion.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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Actinozoa include such animals as the Coelentera, which are fixed, and the Echinoderms, which have a central point and move indifferently along any radial axis; their form differs from the strobiloid mainly in having radiate rather than spiral symmetry.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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He found another point of resemblance in the gastric pouches of the Actinozoa, which he homologised directly with the enterocoelic pouches of the Coelomati.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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Actinozoa, and Malacozoa, published 1859-1862; the work was continued by other naturalists.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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The property of emitting a phosphorescent light, sometimes spontaneously and sometimes on being stimulated, is likewise exemplified in the Ctenophora, a group resembling the Medusidge in the jelly-like character of their bodies, but more closely allied in structure to the Actinozoa.
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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Tunicates, among which is the Pyrosoma, to Mollusks, Crustaceans, and in very many cases to Actinozoa, or forms belonging to the type of the sea anemone and the coral polyp.
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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This lovely fairy-like globe, with its long floating tentacles and rainbow tints, was for a long time classed with the jelly-fish; but it really is most nearly related to the sea-anemones, as it has a true central cavity which acts as a stomach, and many other points in common with the _Actinozoa_.
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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Now, throughout this sub-division of the Actinozoa phosphorescence is
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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