A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
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INTRODUCTION. •<br />
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The general form <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> corallum is similar to that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Isis, Gorgonia, &c., in <strong>the</strong><br />
or<strong>de</strong>r <strong>of</strong> Alcyonaria ; but may be distinguished from <strong>the</strong>se by its sm-face being spinidous<br />
or smooth, whereas it is always sulcated in Alcyonaria.<br />
Family<br />
ANTIPATHID^.<br />
Gray, Synop. <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Brit. Mus., p. 135, 1842; Dana, Zooph., p. .574, 1846.<br />
1. Genus Antipa<strong>the</strong>s.<br />
(In parte) Pallas, Elench. Zooph., p. 209, 1766.<br />
Corallum arborescent ;<br />
its surface spinulous.<br />
Typ. sp., Antipa<strong>the</strong>s myriophylla, Ellis and Solan<strong>de</strong>r, Zooph., tab. xix, figs. 11, 12.<br />
2. Genus Cirrhipa<strong>the</strong>s.<br />
De Blainville, in Diet, <strong>de</strong>s So. Nat., vol. be, p. 475, 1830.<br />
Corallum not arborescent, and having <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> a simple cylindrical stem ; its surface<br />
spinulous.<br />
fig. 1.<br />
Typ. sp., Cirrhipa<strong>the</strong>s spiralis, Blainv., loc. cit. ; Antipa<strong>the</strong>s spiralis, Ellis and Soland., Zooph., tab. xix,<br />
3. Genus Leiopa<strong>the</strong>s.<br />
Gray, Synops. <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Brit. Mus., p. 135, 1842.<br />
CoraUum arborescent ; its surface smooth.<br />
Typ. sp. Leiopa<strong>the</strong>s glaberrima ;<br />
Antipa<strong>the</strong>s glaherrima, Esper, Pflanz., Antipa<strong>the</strong>s, tab. ix.<br />
ZOANTHARIA INCERT^ SEDIS.<br />
1. Genus Heterophyllia,<br />
M'Coy, Palffiozoic Corals, in Ann. and Mag. <strong>of</strong> Nat. Hist., 2d series, vol. iii, p. 126, 1849.<br />
Corallum composed <strong>of</strong> a tall, subcylindrical, irregularly fluted, stem (or tube), containing<br />
a few laminse, iiTegularly branching and coalescing, but not presenting a radiate appearance.<br />
Typ. sp., Heterophyllia grandis, M'Coy, loc. cit., figs, a, b.<br />
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