Systematic descrïption ot' genera and specii 



nus Suberogorgia Gray. 



icty of London, 1857, p 1 

 1 K l listi 11. 2, 1865, p. 1 '. 



ïtuder. Versuch eines Systemes der Alcyonaria, 1887, ]>. 30. 



Iit and Studer. Challenger Reports, the Alcyonaria, [889, p. XXV. 

 el Hérouard. Traite de Zoölogie Concrete, II, 2, roxM, p. 



The original definition is not al presenl accessible to the writer, the above citation being 

 Wrighi and Sn di k 

 K : 1 ïKi k defines bis genus Sclerogorgia as follows: 



'Kalkkörper «les Coenenchymes zahlreiche warzige gelbe "der farblose Spindeln 0,10 — 

 mm. lang, daneben auch einfachere Formen, die bei Scl. verriculata auch als Doppel- 

 r.ulehen mit zackigen Randern erscheinen. Kalkkörper der Polypen kleine warzige Spindeln in 

 ivöhnlicher Anordnung". 



S R 11 SS 71 claims that the name Suberogorgia lias the priority for this genus, and 



defines it as shown in the following translation: 



"Upright, branched, sometimes reticulate colonies with slightly exserted calyces which 

 iituated mainly on the two sides of the slightly flattened stem and branches. The ccenen- 

 chyma is thick and shows longitudinal furrows on the bare surfaces. The spicules are warty 

 spindles and doublé wheels". 



Wright and Studer (1889) give practically the same definition, which will also serve 

 the purpose of the present work. 



The type of this genus is Suberogorgia suberosa (Esper). Other species are S. köllikeri 

 Studer. S. ornata Thomson and Simpson, S. patuia (Ellis and Solander), S. rubra Thomson and 

 Hend., S. suberosa (Pallas), S. verriculata [Esper) and the new species in the Siboga collection. 



1. Suberogorgia verriculata (Esper). 



rgonia reticulata E. and S. (Name only) Nat. Ilist. of Zoophyu-, [786, p. [98. 

 .7/ verriculata Esper. Die Pflanzenthiere, II, 1794. p. 124. 

 Goi trriculata Lamarck. Ili^t. Nat. Anim. sans Vcrt., 2">« éd., 2, 1836, p. 489. 



rriculata Valenciennes. Comptes rendus, XI.I, [8; 

 R/tip ■ 1 verriculata Milne Edwards et Haime. Histoire Naturelle di I ir; liain . [, 

 57, p. 176. 



/ verriculata Kölliker. Icones Histiologicse, II. 2, 1865, p. 142. 

 Rhipidella verticillata Gray. Annalsand Magazine of Natura] History, Ser. .;, Vol.V, 1S70, p.407. 

 Sub 1 verriculata Wright and Studer. Challenger Reports, the Alcyonaria, [889, p. 167. 



Sub mculata Thomson and Henderson. Alcyonaria of the Indian Ocean, II. 1909, 



P- 1 

 Stat. 299. 10 ;:..|S., I23°i.i V.. 34 meters. Mud, cnral and Lithothamnion. 



aith coast "i Flon 7 meters. Volcanic sand. 



trictlj flabellate and reticulate, base lacking. The height of the specimen is 

 and the spread is about 10 cm. The main stem keeps its identity throughout, has 



