57. CALLIGORGIA. 35 



5. SciKPEARiA. Coral simple. Cells in two marginal series. 



6. Rayneeella. 



** Poh/pe-ceUs cylindrical, diverging/ at right angles ivith the stem or 

 slightly ascending. -Bark hroivn. 



7. NiCELLA. Coral fan-like, dichotomously branched. 



* Polype-cells incurved, in whorls or opposite. 



57. CALLIGORGIA. 



Coral forked, fan-shaped, white ; stem and branches cylin- 

 drical ; branchlets pinnate, branched, diverging, forming a net- 

 work, but free. Axis continuous, stony, subcylindrical. Bark 

 thin, white, formed of flat angular imbedded granules. Cells in 

 whorls of three, cylindrical, incurved, covered with small imbricate 

 scales. 



CaUogorgia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 286 ; 1859, p. 484. 

 Primnoa, § BB, Milne-Ediv. 8f Haime, Corall. 18,57, i. p. 140. 



130. Calligorgia verticillata. B.M. 



Coral elongate, round, pinnate ; branches alternate, setaceous, 

 rather branched ; pores verticillate, rather horn-like. 



Lithophyton, Macrjill. Hist. Mar. p. 101, t. 20. f. 94-96. 

 Keratophyte or Sea-feather, Pllis, Corall p. 60, t. 26. f, S, T, V. 

 Gorgonia verticillata, Pallas, Zooph. p. 177 ; Gmel. S. N. 

 Gorgonia verticillaris, Solander 8f Ellis, Zooph. p. 83 ; Lamh. Mem. 



Mus. ii. p. 446, Hist. A. s. V. ed. 2. ii. p. 507 ; Lamx. Polyp. Flex. 



p. 417, Enc. Meth. p. 446. 

 Primnoa flabellum, Ehrenb. Corall. r. M. p. 134. 

 Primnoa verticiUaris, Ehrenb. Corall. r. M. p. 133 ; Kolliker, Ic. Hist. 



p. 135, 1. 17. f. 12; MUne-Edto. 8,- Haime, Corall. i. p. 140. 

 Muricea verticiUaris, Dana, Exp. p. 675, no. 83 (note). 

 Hah. Mediterranean ; Madeira {Masson, B.M.). 

 Var. Polype-cells 10 or 20, in whorls, 



Gorgonia verticillaris, Esper, Pfiatiz. i. p. 156, t. 42. 



Primnoa flabellum, Ehrenb. Corall. p. 134 ; Milne-Edw. Corall. i. 



p. 141 ; Kollikei; Ic. Hist. p. 135, 1. 16. f. 3, 1. 17. f. 11. 

 CaUogorgia flabeUa, Gray, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 484. 



Hah. Red Sea. 



Var. Polype-cells small, 4, in whorls. 



Primnoa verticillaris, Col. du Mus. Paris, fide Milne-Edw. Corall. i. 



p. 141. 

 Primnoa gracilis, Milne-Edio. Corall. i. p. 141. 

 CaUogorgia gracUis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 484. 



Hah. West Indies, 



"I refer Primnoa verticillaris, Ehrbg., to this species. Several 

 branches, 8 or 10 inches long, obtained in 120 fathoms, off" Sand 

 Key, Florida. Compared with specimens from the Azores, in the 

 Mus. Comp. Zool., some slight diff'erences in the length of the calycles 



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