SUBORDER ALCYONARIA. 677 



-, Johnston's Brit. Zooph., 185. , Deslongchamps, Encyc., 656. 



Gorgonia reseda, Pallas, Zooph., 204. , Fleming, Brit. Anim., 513. 



Primnoa lepadifera, Lamour., Pol. flex., , Blainv., Man., 510, pi. 87, fig. 6. 



442 ; Exp. Moth., 37, pi. 13, figs. 1, 2. , Ehrenberg, G. Ixxx., sp. 1. 



GENUS VI. BEBRYCE. PHILIPPI. 



Gorgonidce axe inarticulate corneo ; polypis grandibus, remotis, non re- 

 tractilibus. 



Gorgonidse having an inarticulate corneous axis; polyps large and 

 not retractile. 



BEBRYCE MOLLIS. (Philippi.} 

 B. dendroideum; polypis remote spar sis ; cortice spongioso. 



Arborescent ; polyps remotely scattered ; cortex spongy. 

 Mediterranean Sea. Philippi. 



Bebryce mollis, Philippi, VVieg. Arch., viii. 35. 



The description appears to ally the species to the G. exserta of Ellis, and the G. tri- 

 chostemma ; but the latter, and probably the former, has retractile polyps. 



SDBFAMILY III. ISIN.E. 



Gorgonidce axem articulatum elaborantes. 



Gorgonidse forming a jointed axis. 



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