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CHROMO PLATE VIII. 

 GREAT BARRIER REEF CORALS. 



Fig. I. Dendrophyllia coccinea, p. 178. Corallum with expanded and contracted polyps, natural 



size; ia, expanded polyp, slightly enlarged. 

 Fig. 2. Alvcopom clavaria, p. 186. Portion of corallum with expanded polyps, natural size; 2 a, 



isolated polyp, horizontal view, slightly enlarged. 

 Fig. 3. — Alveopora viridis, p. 186. Corallum with expanded polyps, natural size; 3A, b, c, d, e, f, 



isolated polyps with tentacles in various conditions of extension. 

 Fig. 4. — Dcndrophyllia axifiiga, p. 178. Branchlet of corallum with associated polyps, natural 



size ; 4A, isolated polyp, fully expanded, horizontal view. 

 Fig. 5. — Montipora foliosa, p. 184. Portion of corallum with associated polyps, natural size; 5A, 



isolated polyp, enlarged. 

 Fig. 6. — Montipora expansa (appr.), p. 183. Portion of corallum with associated polyp, natural 



size ; 6a, fragment of the same corallum enlarged, showing polyps in their fullest condition 



of expansion and in diverse stages of development. 

 Fig. 7. — Poritcs astrceoides, p. 185. Small corallum with associated polyps, natural size; 7A, isolated 



polyp, enlarged. 

 Fig. 8. — Pontes divaricata (appr.), p. 186. Branchlet with associated polyps, natural size; 8a, 



isolated polyp, lateral view, enlarged. 

 Fig. 9. — Porites furcata (appr.), p. 186. Portion of corallum with associated polyps, natural size ; 



9A, isolated polyp, enlarged. 

 Fig. 10. — Montipora verrucosa, p. 185. Fragment of corallum with expanded polyps, natural size; 



lOA, B, isolated polyps, enlarged. 

 Fig. II. — Turbinaria patitia, p. 188. Small corallum, natural size; iia, isolated polyp, slightly 



enlarged. 

 Fig 12. — Turbinaria peltata, p. 188. Corallum, slightly reduced; I2a and b, expanded polyps, 



slightly enlarged. 

 Fig. 13. — Astrceopora punctifera, p. 188. Corallum, natural size ; 13A, isolated polyp, slightly 



enlarged. 

 Fig. 14. — Turbinaria cinerascens, p. 188. Fragment of corallum with expanded polyps, natural size ; 



!4A, isolated polyp, enlarged. 



