instance_of great aquarium saint-malo
London ___MASK41___ is the world ' s oldest scientific ___MASK41___ . It was opened in London on April 27 , 1828 , and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific ___MASK39___ . In 1932 the animals of the ___MASK45___ of London menagerie were transferred to the ___MASK41___ ' s collection . It was eventually opened to the public in 1847 . Today it houses a collection of 756 species of animals , with 17 , 480 individuals , making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom . The ___MASK41___ is sometimes called Regent ' s ___MASK41___ . The Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations is a French ___MASK90___ ___MASK22___ financial ___MASK77___ created in 1816 , and part of the ___MASK80___ institutions under the control of the Parliament . Often described as the  investment arm  of the French State , it is defined in the French Monetary and Financial Code as a  ___MASK90___ group serving the ___MASK90___ interest  and a  long - term investor . Since 2014 , Pierre - René Lemas has served as its CEO . Areas of intervention . As set out within the French Monetary and Financial Code , Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations carries out missions of ___MASK90___ interest in support of the ___MASK90___ policies implemented by the State and local ___MASK80___ bodies . It contributes to the development of enterprises in line with its own proprietorial interests , and may also exercise competitive activities . It ensures , on behalf of the State and local authorities , missions of general interest : Compagnie des Alpes is a French ___MASK19___ created in 1989 to operate many ski resorts in Europe . Compagnie des Alpes is a part of Caisse des dépôts et consignations . Brittany ( pronounced or ; Gallo : " Bertaèyn ", pronounced ) is a ___MASK99___ in the north - west of France . Covering the western part of Armorica , as it was known during the ___MASK33___ of Roman occupation , Brittany subsequently became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a ___MASK78___ governed as if it were a separate nation under the crown . Brittany has also been referred to as " Less ", " Lesser " or " Little " Britain ( as opposed to " Great Britain "). It is bordered by the English Channel to the north , the Celtic ___MASK62___ and the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the ___MASK63___ of Biscay to the south . Its land area is 34 , 023 km² . Philip Henry Gosse ( 6 ___MASK1___ 1810  23 ___MASK43___ 1888 ), known to his friends as Henry , was an English naturalist and popularizer of natural science , virtually the inventor of the seawater aquarium , and a painstaking innovator in the study of marine biology . The aquarium craze was launched in early Victorian England by Gosse who created and stocked the first ___MASK40___ at the London Zoo in 1853 , and coined the term " aquarium " when he published the first manual , " The Aquarium : An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea ", in 1854 . The English ___MASK55___ (" the Sleeve " [ hence ] " ___MASK62___ of Brittany " " British ___MASK62___ "), also called simply the ___MASK55___ , is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France , and joins the southern part of the North ___MASK62___ to the rest of the Atlantic Ocean . The Great ___MASK32___ -- Saint - Malo is an ___MASK32___ in Saint - Malo , France . It opened in 1996 and now belongs to the group Compagnie des Alpes , which also owns many other parks in France and Europe . The ___MASK32___ houses 11 , 000 marine animals representing 600 ___MASK9___ . It covers 4 , 000 square metres ( 43 , 000 sq ft ) and holds 2 , 500 , 000 litres ( 660 , 000 US gal ) of ___MASK13___ ( The largest ___MASK32___ , Nautibus attraction excluded , contains 600 , 000 litres ( 160 , 000 US gal ) ) . 360 , 000 people visit this site each year making it the second most visited tourist site in Brittany . A ___MASK59___ ( Latin , literally for " place of life "; plural : " vivaria " or " vivariums ") is an area , usually enclosed , for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research . Often , a portion of the ___MASK12___ for a particular species is simulated on a smaller scale , with controls for environmental conditions . ___MASK20___ - Malo ( Gallo : " Saent - Malô ") is a walled ___MASK38___ ___MASK88___ in Brittany in northwestern France on the English Channel . It is a sub - prefecture of the Ille - et - Vilaine . Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral ___MASK67___ ( commonly known as a " backbone " or " spine "), derived from the notochord . This includes all animals apart from the subphylum Vertebrata . Familiar examples of invertebrates include insects ; crabs , lobsters and their ___MASK2___ ; snails , clams , octopuses and their ___MASK2___ ; starfish , ___MASK62___ - urchins and their ___MASK2___ ; and worms . An ___MASK32___ ( plural : " aquariums " or " aquaria ") is a ___MASK59___ of any ___MASK72___ having at least one transparent side in which ___MASK13___ - ___MASK27___ plants or animals are kept and displayed . Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish , invertebrates , amphibians , aquatic reptiles such as turtles , and aquatic plants . The term , coined by English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse , combines the Latin root " aqua ", meaning ___MASK13___ , with the suffix "- arium ", meaning " a place for relating to ". The ___MASK32___ principle was fully developed in 1850 by the chemist Robert Warington , who explained that plants added to ___MASK13___ in a container would give off enough oxygen to support animals , so long as their numbers do not grow too large . The ___MASK32___ craze was launched in early Victorian England by Gosse , who created and stocked the first ___MASK40___ at the London Zoo in 1853 , and published the first manual , " The Aquarium : An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea " in 1854 . Ille - et - Vilaine is a ___MASK53___ of France , located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country . Latin ( Latin : ) is a classical ___MASK50___ belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo - European languages . The ___MASK54___ is derived from the Etruscan and Greek alphabets . Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments ( saltwater or freshwater ). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes . These plants require special adaptations for living submerged in ___MASK13___ , or at the ___MASK13___ ' s surface . The most common adaptation is aerenchyma , but floating leaves and finely dissected leaves are also common . Aquatic plants can only grow in ___MASK13___ or in soil that is permanently saturated with ___MASK13___ . They are therefore a common component of wetlands . A ___MASK40___ ( plural : " public aquaria " or " public aquariums ") is the aquatic counterpart of a zoo , which houses living aquatic animal and plant specimens for public viewing . Most public aquariums feature tanks larger than those kept by home aquarists , as well as smaller tanks . Since the first public aquariums were built in the mid - 19th century , they have become popular and their numbers have increased . Most modern accredited aquariums stress conservation issues and educating the public .