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2. Amocella polydactyla. (Lobular ia polydactyla, Ehrenb.) 

 Hab. Red Sea. 



3. Amocella? trichanfhema. (Aleyonium triehanthemum^D-nna., 



Zoopli. t. 56. f. 1.) 

 Hab. Feejee Islands. 



Fam. 5. Sarcopliytidae. 



The coral discoidal or hemispherical, pedicelled ; stem and 

 under surface barren, rather coriaceous, granular. Polypes on 

 the upper surface of the frond, retractile. 



1. Saecophyton, Lesson. 



Coral agaric-shaped, soft, fleshy, externally soft • stem 

 cylindrical, formed of cylindrical tubes. 



1. Sarcqphyton glaucum, Verrill. (Aleyonium glaucum } Quoy 



& Gaim. Voy. Astrol. t. 22. f. 11, 12.) 

 Hab. Tonga (Quoy) ; Feejee (Verrill). B.M. 



2. Sarcophyton lobatum, Lesson, Voy. Belanger, t. 2. Tenta- 



cles simple? 

 Hab. '? 



3. Sarcophyton agaricum, Stimpson, Verrill. 

 Hab. Japan. 



2. Areocella. 



Coral rather rigid, stipitate, very broadly expanded, sinuate 

 on the edge ; upper surface areolated, areola? hexagonal, each 

 surrounded by a series of small tubercles. Polype in centre 

 of each areola. 



Areocella lata. (Aleyonium latum, Dana, Zooph. t. 56. f. ?, 

 t. 5S. f. 7. Sarcophyton latum, Verrill.) 

 Hub. Tongatabu, Feejee Islands. 



3. Cladiella. 



Coral half-ovate or obconical, in clusters, below tapering to 

 a small base, barren, above flat. Polypes retractile. 



1. Cladiella sphcerophora. (Lobular ia sphcerophora. Ehrenb. 



Aleyonium sphcerophora, Dana.) 

 Hab. Red Sea. 



2. Cladiella hrachycladia. (Aleyonium brachyeladium. Dana, 



t. 57. f. 8.) 

 Hab. Tono-atabu. 



