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Of more importance than these curiosities and isolated cases is the general fact that 

 the islands around which Mr. Gardiner collected have an Alcyonarian fauna that has 

 much in common with that of East African, Asiatic, and Australasian coasts. Let us 

 give a few details : — 



(I.) Seventeen species have been previously recorded from East African coasts, chiefly 

 from Zanzibar. 



(II.) Eighteen species, chiefly Alcyoniids and Nephthyids, have been previously 

 recorded from the Red Sea. 



(III.) Fifty-eight species have been previously recorded from the Asiatic coasts, 

 including Ceylon, Andamans, and Japan. 



(IV.) Thirty-four species have been previously recorded from Australasian coasts. 



(V.) Seventeen species have been previously recorded from the same general localities, 

 e. g. Maldives, Laccadives, &c. 



A glance at the detailed lists will show that a few species occur in all these 

 areas (I.-V.), that a few occur in all but one, that many are common to III. and IV. 



I. Previously becorded trom African Coasts. 



Tuhipora j^urpurea, Pallas Zanzibar ; now from Salomon, Egmont ; also II. 



and III. 



Sympodmm c(Ervleiim,^\ireviheT^ Tumbatu; Zanzibar; now from Coetivy and Egmont. 



Anthelia glauca, Lamarck Zanzibar ; now from Salomon, Egmont, and Coetivy. 



„ lonyissima (May) Tumbatu ; Kokotoni ; now from Salomon. 



J, fluva (May) Zanzibar; now from Cargados Carajos, Egmont, 



and Salomon. 



Xenia ■umbellata, Sa,\iguj Zanzibar; Mozambique; now from Egmont, Diego 



Garcia, Salomon, Coin, Peros. 



Cespitularia taniata (May) Mozambique ; now from Cargados Carajos. 



,, carulea (May) Zanzibar (Kokotoni) ; now from Cargados Carajos. 



Alcyonium fulvum (ForskkVj Tumbatu; now from Coetivy; also II. 



„ spharophorum (Yihreuherg) . . . Madagascar; now from Praslin Reef ; also II. 



Lobophijtum crassunij M.a.renzel\er Zanzibar; now from Praslin Reef ; also II., V. 



Sarcophytum ehrenbe7-gi, M.a.reaze\lei .... Zanzibar; now from Diego Garcia; also II., III., 



IV., V. 



Sclerophytum querciforme, Pratt Zanzibar; now from Cargados Carajos and Diego 



Garcia; also II., III., V. 



Lithophytum JlabeUum {Q.. 2>c G .) Zanzibar; now from Salomon and Egmont ; also IV. 



„ brassicum {M.a.j) Zanzibar; now from Coetivy, Amirante ; also II. 



Capne//a fungiformis, Kukeuthal Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam ; now from Coetivy. 



Bendronephthya umbellulifera, Kiikenthal . . . Zanzibar ; now from Seychelles, Amirante ; also III. 



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