— 248 -^ 



TTidacophylUay Astrcea^ Meandrina, Monficularia, PhyllastrcBa 



MeruUna, Echinopora. 



b. Fungiei: polypi fere discoidei, solitarii v. affffre- 

 gati et confluentcs, tentaculis sparsis v. obsoletis: — Psam' 

 mocora, Jgaricia, Pavonia, Zoopilus.PoljphyUia, Halomitra, 

 HerpetoUlhus., CycIoUtas^ Fungia. 



F A M. 11 C Y A T II O P H Y L L I N I iwb. (Caryophyllacea Dana). 



Polypi plicati, ssepe magni, quandoque nudi, tentacul. • 

 tubulosis, indffinilis, poljcyclis priL-dili, solitarii, ovipari v. 

 gemmalione infera aut laterali, rarius divisione imperfccta 

 multiplicati. Rcceptacula calcarea, muitilamellosa, terctia, ob- 

 conica, concava v. convexa, solitaria, cespitosa v. in thallum 

 cupularem, globosum, v. frutescentem aggrcgata, ni polypi 

 nudi siiit: 



a. Cyat h op hy LLc i: receptncula calcarea, lamellis pin- 

 natis: — CyathopliyUum^ AmpJcxus, Caninia, Arachnophyl- 

 lum, Acermlaria, Cystiophyllum ; — CUsiophyUum , MicheU- 

 nia., Columnaria^ Sarcinula. ... 



b. AnthophyLlei: receptac. calcarea, lamcllis fere 

 integris: — Ecmesus, Cyathina, TuihinoUa, BcsmophylLum, 



Culicia, CaryophyJUa, OcuUna, Anthophyllum, StyUna 



Gcnimipora.. 



c. Zoanthei: polypi nudi coriacei, saepius stolonibus 

 tubulosis et ramosis conjuncti v. in ihallo laminari a<;o-re- 

 gati; cloaea minima; an sequentib. affiniores?: — Zoanlhus, 

 PoLythoa, Hughea., MamilUfera. . . . 



F A M. 12. A C T I N I N I. 



Polypi nudi, carnosi, solitari^, vivipari, vix gemmipari, 

 colore vario insignes, parvi v. maximi, basi discoiclca sessiles 

 et repentes v. decidui, nec natantes. Tentacula e disco su- 



pero ostiolato, tubulosa, acropora^ h contractilia, indcfi- 



nita, c. aetate numero ancta, minuta v. validissima, simpl. v. 

 polymorpha et passim verrucis suctoriis obsessa. Cutis mus- 

 culosa contractilis, extus saepe porosa, intus mullilamellala 



