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geographical distribution of the coral stocks, a principle also 

 insisted upon by Neumayr (1889). The work of Duerden and 

 Brown seems to indicate that the origin of Hexacoralla is not 

 a direct one from Tetracoralla, while the work of Faurot, 

 Carruthers, and the author has brought out a similarity in the 

 early ontogenetic history in the two groups that is perhaps more 

 easily explained "by a theory of direct descent. This question 

 will be discussed on later pages (161-195). 



