CORALS FROM MURRAY, COCOS-KEELING, AND FANNING ISLANDS. 71 

 List of corals obtained by Dr. Wood Jones in Cocos-Keeling Islands and their habitat — Con. 



br. = branching; frag. = fragile; msv. = massive; pl. = plate; incrust. = incrusting. 



Name of species and growth-form. 



Habitat. 



Orbicella versipora (Lam.), msv 



Cyphastrea micropthalma (Lam.), msv 



Echinopora lamellosa (Esper), thin folia 



Leptastrea purpurea (Dana), msv 



bottje (M. Edw. and H.), msv 



immersa KIz., msv 



Favia stelligera (Dana), msv 



speciosa (Dana), msv. (dead specimen) 



Favites abdita (Ell. and Sol.), msv 



melicerum (Ehr.), msv. (dead specimen) 



Leptoria phrygia (Ell. and Sol.), msv 



Hydnophora microconos (Lam.), msv. (dead specimen) 



exesa (Pall.), lobate 



Fungia fungites (Linn.), free disk 



scutaria (Lam.), free disk 



Herpetolitha crassa Dana, free coral 



Pavona danai (M. Edw. and H.), strong folia 



maldivensis (Gardiner), msv 



varians Verrill, msv 



Psammocora haimiana M. Edw. and H., msv 



sp., incrust 



Dendrophyllia willeyi (Gardiner), msv 



diaphana Dana, incrust. base, protub. corallites 



Astreopora myriophthalma (Lam.), msv 



Montipora levis Quelch, br 



tortuosa Dana, frag., br 



ramosa Bernard, frag., br 



cocosensis, new species, br 



spumosa (Lam.), msv 



sp., lobate columns 



informis Bernard, msv., pi. on lower edges 



foliosa (Pallas), thin folia 



Acropora pulchra (Brook), frag., br 



pharaonis (M. Edw. and H.), br 



forma arabica (M. Edw. and H.) 



corymbosa (Lam.), corymbose 



spicifera (Dana), corymbose 



scherzeriana (Brueg.), msv. base, stout br 



ocellata (KIz.) var., msv., lobate 



variabilis (KIz.), br 



palifera (Lam.), strong br 



Pontes solida (Forsk.), msv 



somaliensis Gravier., msv 



lichen Dana., incrust 



nigrescens Dana, br 



Millepora dichotoma Forsk., br 



platyphylla Ehr., strong folia 



sp., incrust 



Total number of species according to locus 



Lagoon. 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 



X 

 X 



Sand 



flats 



X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 



Lagoon 

 inlet 



X 



X 



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Barrier pools 



and barrier 



flat. 



X 



X 

 X 

 X 



X 



X 

 X 



Lagoon edge 

 of barrier. 



X 



X 



X 



Especially 

 inner margin 

 Lagoon side 



Lagoon side 



X 



X 



X 



Inner margin 

 of barrier 



Exposed 

 barrier. 



X 



X 



:< 



x 



X 



X 

 X 



X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 



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