“…Part of Dalyell's work also had been translated, into German (Dalyell, 1836b). It is noteworthy that Ellis' book promulgating the animal nature of "zoophytes" had, like Sars' work, appeared in four languages-English, French, Dutch and German (Ellis, 1755(Ellis, , 1756a(Ellis, , 1756b. However, Ellis was not the first to suggest that sessile coelenterates were animals (see bibliographic account in Johnston, 1847).…”