History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

Tubipoba. ZOOPHYTA. CELLULIFERA. 529EXTINCT SPECIES.1. M. ramosa— Dichotomonsly branched, cylindrical ; pores visible by alens, of unequal size. — Park. Org. Rem. ii. 71. t. viii. f. 3.— Limestone, Willshire.TUBIPORAD^.Gen. TUBIPORA.— Tubes cylindrical, erect, parallel, separate,connected by transverse plates or tubes.1. T. catenate Tubes approximate, each emitting from its sides distant,horizontal, tubular branches, which enter the surrounding tubes, and unitethe whole into one irregularly formed mass Mart. Pet. Derb. t. xlii. Park.Org. Rem. 1.— ii. 13, t. i. f. Carboniferous Limestone.2. T. slrues.—Tubes diverging, bending, united by horizontal tubularbranches Park. Org. Rem. ii. 16, t. ii. f. 1 Oolite.3. T. ramulosa.— Tubes connected by oblique, dichotomous ramifications.Park, ii 18, t. iii. f. 1. — Carboniferous Limestone.4. T. radiatus.—Tubes distant, erect, parallel, striated, and connected bytransverse plates, the surface of which is marked with radiated undulatedstriae—Mart. Pet. Derb. t. 18 Carboniferous Limestone.Gen. FAVOSXTES.— Massive, consisting of ascending, parallel,adjacent, prismatical tubes.1. F. septosus — Hemispherical, nearly 2 inches in diameter, the tubes radiatingfrom the centre irregularly, divided internally by simpleplates.— transverseCarboniferous Limestone.2. F. depressus —An extended plate, about an inch in height, tubes vertical,rather smaller than the preceding, and less divided.— Carboniferous Limestone.Gen. XLVI1. TUBULIPORA— Branched, cells cylindrical,tubular.119. T. serpens.— Stem flat, branches narrow, ascending,striated on the back ;the tubes disposed on both sides of thefront, and united in transverse rows.Eschara millepora, Ellis, Coral. 74, t. xxvii. f. E.— Tubipora serpens,Linn. Syst.i. 1271— Millepora liliacea, Pall. El. 248— Millepora tubulosa,Sol. Ell. Zooph. 136 On corallines, common.The whole mass seldom exceeds half an inch in length,or the tenth of an inchin breadth ; the tubes, though usually united at the base, have the orificesfree, and even in some cases are disjoined throughout a ; groove, destitute ofcells, winds along the middle of the stem and branches ;the colour when recenthas a purplish tinge.120. T. trancata.— Stem round, branched, ending with envoi,.1. l 1