Dr. J. E. Gray on the Flesh?/ Alcyonoid Coral ft. 119 



Anthelia. 



Savigny, MS. ; Lamarck, A. s. V. ii. 407 ; Lamx. ; Blaiiiv. ; 

 Dana, Zoopli. 602; M.-Edw. & Haime, Corall. i. 109; 

 Kolliker, Ic. Hist. 132. 



Pol}^es not retractile, not branclicd by budding ; the tentacles 

 only retractile. Polype-body subcylindrical, prominent, from 

 an expanded basal plate. 



1. Anthelia (jJauca^ Sav. E2:}qDte, t. 1. f. 7. 

 Hah. Red Sea. 



2. Anthelia strumosa, Ehr. 

 Hab. Eed Sea. 



3. Anthelia jmpurascens J Ehr., Sav. Egypte, t. 1. f. 5. 

 Hab. Red Sea. 



4. Anthelia Filippi, Kolliker, Ic. Hist. 132, t. 18. f. 41, 42. 

 Hab. Giiadaloupe. 



5. Anthelia lineata^ Yerrill, t. 6. f. 9. 

 Hab. Hongkong. 



6. Anthelia Dujardinii, Dana. {Xenia Dujanlinii, Templeton, 



Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. 25, f. 3-7.) 

 Hab. Isle of France. 



Fam. 2. Sympodiadse. 



Pol^'jie and tentacles completely retractile into the skin-like 

 or criistaceous coral. 



1. ]Massarella. 



Coral irregular-shaped, attached to the horny axis of a 

 Gorgonia ; outer sm-face hard, crustaceous, smooth ; internal 

 cork-like. Polypes completely retractile. 



1. Massarella corallotdes ; B. M. [Gorgonia coralloides, Pallas, 



Zooph. 192 ; Esper, t. 32. Symjiodiuni coralloides, Ehr. 

 C. r. M. 61.) 

 Hah. ? 



2. Massarella rosea. [Sgmpodium roseuni, Ehrenb.) 

 Hab. West Indies. 



3. Massarella vera. (Sgnipodium verum^ Duchass. & Miclicl. 



Suppl. 104.) 

 H(d>. West Indies. 



See Anthozoanthus 2>nrasiticus, Desh., Schleiden, Das Meer, 

 t. 4, said to be a Lohularia on a Gorgonia. 



