A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
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Ixxx<br />
BRITISH FOSSIL CORALS.<br />
2. Genus Ptekogorgia.<br />
Ehrenberg, Corall. <strong>de</strong>s Ro<strong>the</strong>n Meeres, p. 144, 1834 ; Dana, op. cit., p. 647, 1846.<br />
Diifers from Gorgonia by <strong>the</strong> polypi being bifarious.<br />
Typ. sp., Pterogorgia anceps, Ehrenb., loc. cit., p. 145.<br />
3. Genus Bebryce.<br />
Philippi, Zoologesche Beobachtungen, in Archiv. fur Naturgeschichte, von Erichson, vol. viii, p. 35, 1842.<br />
Arborescent compound polypi, resembling Gorgonia by <strong>the</strong>ir corneous sclerobasis, but<br />
differing from <strong>the</strong> preceding genera by not being retractile.<br />
Typ. sp., Bebryce mollis, Philippi, loc. cit.<br />
4. Genus Phyllogorgia.<br />
Differs from Gorgonia by <strong>the</strong> coenenchyma not constituting a cylindrical sheath around<br />
<strong>the</strong> ramifications <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sclerobasis, but extending between <strong>the</strong>m so as to constitute large<br />
foliaceous, frondiform laminae, <strong>the</strong> two sui'faces <strong>of</strong> which are stud<strong>de</strong>d with <strong>the</strong> cahces <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> individual polypi.<br />
Typ. sp., Phyllogorgia dilatata ;<br />
Gorgonia dilatata, Esper, Pflanz. Gorg. tab. xli.<br />
5. Genus Phycogorgia.<br />
Sclerobasis flabelliform, divi<strong>de</strong>d into digitated lobes, and composed <strong>of</strong> <strong>de</strong>licate corneous<br />
fibres united into lamina3, <strong>the</strong> two si<strong>de</strong>s <strong>of</strong> which are covered with <strong>the</strong> coenenchyma,<br />
and <strong>de</strong>nsely stud<strong>de</strong>d with numerous non-prominent calices.<br />
Typ. sp., Phycogorgiafucata ; Gorgonia fucata, Valenciennes, Voyage <strong>de</strong> la Venus, tab. xi, fig. 2.<br />
6. Ge7ms Muricea.<br />
Lamouroux, Exposit. Method, <strong>de</strong>s Polyp, p. 36, 1821.<br />
Differs from Gorgonia by <strong>the</strong> calices being surroun<strong>de</strong>d with imbricated squanimula;,<br />
but not supported on long, verruciform, moveable appendices, as in Primnoa.<br />
Typ. sp., Muricea spicifera, Lamouroux, op. cit., tab. Ixxi, figs. 1, 2.<br />
7. Genus Primnoa.<br />
Lamouroux, Hist, <strong>de</strong>s Polypiers Flexibles, p. 440, 1816.<br />
Differs from <strong>the</strong> preceding genus by <strong>the</strong> polypi constituting long verruciform subpediculated<br />
appendices, which are capable <strong>of</strong> motion at <strong>the</strong>ir bases.