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BULLETIN 106, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 

 TUBULIPORA INTERRUPTA, new species. 



Plate 134. fig. 22. 



Description. The zoarium is flabellate and incrusts bryozoa. The fascicles 

 are little salient, irregular, interrupted by isolated tubes or by other incomplete 



FIG. 247. Genus TttbuHitora Lamarck, 1S16. 



A-C. Tubulipom pul<-l'ni MncGilUvray, 1S85. A. Example, X 25, showing ovicell and oecio- 

 liore. B. View, X 85, showing zooecia (protoecium) and dorsal attachments. ('. An- 

 other view, X 25, showing dorsal attachments of colony. (A-C after Waters, 1887.) 



D. Tubulipora flnbellaris Fahrieius, 1780. An entire zoarium, magnified. (After Smitt, 

 1867.) 



E-G. TubuUpora serpent* (Smitt, Hincks, Busk). E. Ovicelled fossil zoarium. (After 

 Neviani, 1905.) F. Linear branch of a zoarium. G. Ovicelled, flahelliform branch (oe, oecio- 

 stonie). (F-G after Harmer, 1898.) 



series. The tubes are small, with a long but very oblique peristomie ; the peristome 

 is thin ; the apertura is round or oval. 



Diameter of the peristome 0.07 mm. 



Measiirements. 



Distance between the peristomes 0.12 mm. 



