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FAMILY IL 

 NULLIPORID/E. 



CORALLIDM, Raii, Syn. 32 MiLLEPORiE SOLIDIUSCaL^, Pall. 



Elench. 238 - Millepor^^ pars, Lzn. Syst. 1282 Millepores 



that are almost solid, Soland. Zooph. 129 Nullipores, Lam. 



Anim. s. Vert. ii. 203. Blainv. Man. 603 Lithophyta nul- 



LiPORA, Schweig. Handb. 412 — Ncllipora, Bosc, Vers, ii. 337. 

 MiLLEPORA, Flem. Brit. Anim. 528. 



Chaeacter. 



Calcareous solid bodies of various forms, often lobed or 

 sinuous, even or mammillated on the surface, increasing by 

 the apposition of concentric layers, without any polype cells 

 or cellular structure. — Marine. 



i' Gelatina animalis omnino lapidescens. Stirps irregularis calcarea, 

 minime porosa." — Schweigger. 



