Anthozoa

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 308

Anthozoa (Gr. anthos, 'a flower,' and zoon, 'an animal'), one of the three classes of Cœlenterates (q.v.), including sea-anemones, dead-men's fingers, corals, &c. The commoner term is Actinozoa (q.v.).

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