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rhis is a bad specimen, the calicle being mutilated. 1 am not sure about ,ts identity, 

 in most respects with 1 1 1 « - description « > I this species. 



i;. Balanophyllia italica Michelin). 



Mi. helin i 

 xlanophylh ■■ Milne-Edwards [8i 



■Duthiers i 

 /.',/.' i Marenzeller 1907. 



Stat. ;.. Sapeh-strait. Depth 69 meter. 1 ex. 



This specimen belongs pretty certainly to this species, though the calicle is nol as deep 

 as ii ought to be. Hut the calicle has been broken off and is in proces of regeneration. This 

 Mediterranean species is described l>y Marenzeller from the Red Sea. 



Balanophyllia spec. 



Stat. 59. Western entrance Samau-strait. Depth 390 meter. 1 ex. 



- 43*.5 V. 119 40' E. Sulu-archipelago. Depth 522 meter. 3 ex. 

 t, 107. Channel between the islands of Sulu and Bangalao. Depth 5S0 meter. 1 ex. 

 Stat. 172. (ii^scr. Depth iS meter, i ex. 

 Stat. 310. 8° 30 S., 119 7 '.5 E. Sapeh-strait. Depth 73 meter. 1 ex. 



As these specimens are too much damaged or too young, identification was nol possible. 



Rhizopsammia Verrill. 



The genus Rhizopsammia established by Verrill i 1867) is nearly allied to Balanophyllia; 

 the only difference is the method of budding by stolon-like expansions in Rhizopsammia. As 

 the paliform lobes are absent in the species here described their presence is not a generic 

 character. The same is true for the absence of the epitheca, which is well developed in my 

 . Rhizopsammia minuta. 



1. Rhizopsammia verrilli nov. spec. (Plate VIII, fig. 1 and 2). 



Stat. 220. Anchorage otï Pasir Pandjang, West-coast of Binongka. Depth 27S meter. 2 ex. 

 Stat. 282. Anchorage between Nusa Besi and the N.E.-point of Timor. Depth from 27 till 

 54 meter. 2 ex. 



The colonies are attached to stones, one of which is covered on the other side by an 



Acropora. The largest colony measures 7 8 cm.. The distance between the corallites is 



il. Ie, it may be a few millimeters or a few centimeters. The stolon-like expansions are 



mm. broad. The ribs are continued <m the stolons. The largest corallite is 34 mm high. 



illiti increase in diameter from the base to the top, this largesl corallite measuring 



base 8 mm. in diameter and near the calicular margin 10 > 11 mm. The walls are 



n porous, the pon 1 in the furrows as well as on the ribs. The ribs are covered 



larly scattered granules. 



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