602 ZOOPHYTES. 



GENUS II. ANTHELIA. SAVIGNV. 



Akyonidce carnosce, explanato-gemmata ; polypis non retractilibus. 

 Carnose, explanato-gemmate Alcyonidae; polyps not retractile. 



The Anthelise cover the rocks, or any solid support at hand, with 

 thin fleshy plates, which consist of an aggregation of polyps united by 

 their bases. They differ from the Xenise in budding only at the base, 

 which gradually spreads outward by the process, producing finally 

 the incrusting plate. 



I. ANTHELIA GLAUCA. (Savigny.) 



A. glauca, ccerulescens ; polypis infra subventricosis, interdum coales- 

 centibus. 



Glaucous, pale bluish ; polyps subventricose below, sometimes be- 

 coming coalescent. 



Red Sea. Savigny. 



Anthelia glauca, Savigny, Egyp. Polypes, AntMia glauca, Schweig., Handb., 41 1. 



pi. 1, fig. 7. , Blainv., Man., 524. 



, Lamk., ii. 623, No. 1. , Ehrenberg, G. xxi., sp. 1. 



, Lamour., Exp. Meth., 70. 



2. ANTHELIA STRUMOSA. (Ehrenberg.} 

 A. glauca; polypis sub ore inftatis, strumosis, pollicaribus. 



Glaucous; polyps inflated below the mouth, strumous, an inch in 

 height. 



Red Sea. Ehrenberg. 



Anthelia strumosa, Ehrenb., G. xxi., sp. 2. , Lamk., 2d ed., ii. 623. 



