Dr. J. E. Gray on the Fleshy Alcyonoid Corals. 127 



riaceous, with imbedded fusiform spined spicules. " Tentacles 

 with lobes on all sides " (Quoy). 



1. LorideUa subviridis. (Cormdaria subviridis, Qilojr & traim. 



Voy. Astrol. iv. 256, t. 22. f. 5-7.) 

 Var., Quoy & Gaim. I. c. t. 22. f. 8-10. 

 Hab. Feejee. 



2. LorideUa Jlorida. (Actinantha florida, Lesson,Voy.Coq.85, 



t. 1. f. 3 = Xenia Jlorida, Dana.) 



3. LorideUa elongata. (Xenia elongata, Dana, Zooph. 606, 



t. 57. f. 5.) 

 Hab. ? 



4. LorideUa rosea. (Xenia ccendea, var., Dana, Zooph. 605, 



t. 57. f. 3.) 

 Hab. Feejee. 



3. Wardella. 



Coral simple ; stem simple, with very numerous smooth 

 internal spicules forming a thick spongy web. Polypes not 

 retractile. 



Wardella indivisa. (Xenia indivisa, Sai's, Kolliker, I. H. 

 133.) 

 Hab. Naples (Sars). 



B. Coral cellular ,• the surface of the coral and outer side of the polype- 

 cells covered with opaque, rugose, fusiform spicules. Polype retractile. 



a. Stem, branches, and polype-cells covered with spicules. 



Fam. 8. Nidalidae. 



Coral simple or branched ; stem cylindrical, cartilaginous, 

 with a crustaceous skin and imbedded spicules. Polypes on 

 the upper surface of a hemispherical head, with prominent 

 large conical polype-cells ; stem and polype-cells covered with 

 large fusiform spicules. 



NlDALIA. 



Gray, P. Z. S. 1835, ii. 59. 



Coral cylindrical, branched, with an expanded hemispherical 

 head with large conical cells on the upper surface ; cells 

 covered with spines. 



Nidalia occidentalism Gray, P. Z. S. iii. 30 ; P. Z. S. 1857, 

 p. 129, t. 7. (not t. 3. f. 2). 

 Hab. ? 



