﻿TABLE OF CONTENTS AND SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 



INTRODUCTOEY REMAEKS page 1 



MONTIPORA. 



I. Historical 3 



II. The Living Polyp and its Anatomy 7 



III. Morphology 7 



IV. Affinities of the Genus 11 



V. Diagnosis of the Genus 1? 



VI. Geographical Distribution 13 



VII. A General Review of the Variations Presented by 



THE Representatives of the Genus 14 



VIII. Concluding Remarks 16 



List of the Species of the Genus Montipora 18 



DESCRIPTIVE PART. 



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 Group I. Glabrous. 



, 1. exigua 20 



2. subtilis 21 



3. granulosa 21 



4. stratiformis 22 



5. explanata 23 



6. tenuissima 24 



7. porosa 25 



8. reticulata 26 



9. crassi-reticulata 27 



10. pallida 27 



11. punctata 28 



12. complanata 29 



13. auricularis 30 



14. exserta 31 



15. glabra 32 



16. obtusata 33 



17. bolsii 34 



18. erosa 35 



19. solida 35 



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20. spongodes 37 



21. divaricata 39 



22. mollis 40 



23. -levis 41 



24. compressa 42 



25. alcicornis 43 



26. fruticosa 44 



27. spicata 45 



28. rubra 45 



29. superficialis 46 



30. nana 47 



31. digitata 47 



32. tortuosa 48 



Group II. Glabro-Foveolate. 



33. ramosa 49 



34. rotunda 50 



35. spatula 50 



36. marenzelleri 51 



