Radiata

Lastly, the name Radiata meant no more than that the organs of the creatures so designated were more or less disposed around a centre, as the sepals and petals of a flower are grouped around the central pistil; and it included animals so different as the starfish and sea-anemones and Medusae.

Thomas Henry Huxley A Sketch Of His Life And Work Mitchell, P Chalmers 1900

Linnaeus necessitated the breaking up of that class into several very distinct classes, so more careful investigation requires the breaking up of Cuvier's "Radiata" (which succeeded the "Vermes" as a sort of zoological lumber-room) into several very distinct and well-defined new classes, of which the Acalephae, Hydrostatic Acalephae, actinoid and hydroid polypes, will form one.

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Rihanna stormed the red carpet in designer Devi Kroell's fierce Bubble Radiata heels at the American Music Awards on Sunday. $1,250 at devikroell. com.

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Monterey Pines have only recently become available in Qld. We usually only have Radiata (?) pines which are pretty spindly and always have branches sticking out where they shouldn't.

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I was asked to record a reading of the story as well, so you can listen to it while you read along, or download the MP3; the background music I used is "Corona Radiata" from the Nine Inch Nails album The Slip which was made available under a CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Mollusca and Radiata existed before Vertebrata, and the progression from Fishes to Reptiles and Mammalia, and also from the lower mammals to the higher, is indisputable.

On the law which has regulated the introduction of new species 2004

On the other hand, it is said that the Mollusca and Radiata of the very earliest periods were more highly organized than the great mass of those now existing, and that the very first fishes that have been discovered are by no means the lowest organised of the class.

On the law which has regulated the introduction of new species 2004

The central and intertropical parts of the Atlantic swarm with Pteropoda, Crustacea, and Radiata, and with their devourers the flying-fish, and again with their devourers the bonitos and albicores; I presume that the numerous lower pelagic animals feed on the Infusoria, which are now known, from the researches of Ehrenberg, to abound in the open ocean: but on what, in the clear blue water, do these Infusoria subsist?

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

The central and intertropical parts of the Atlantic swarm with Pteropoda, Crustacea, and Radiata, and with their devourers the flying-fish, and again with their devourers the bonitos and albicores; I presume that the numerous lower pelagic animals feed on the Infusoria, which are now known, from the researches of Ehrenberg, to abound in the open ocean: but on what, in the clear blue water, do these Infusoria subsist?

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Volitans are the hardiest of the lionfish, though I always thought the Radiata and Antennata lions were more attractive.

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