REPORT ON THE POLYZOA, 
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The Family here contains : — 
1. Fasciculipora, d’Orb. 
(1) Fasciculipora ramosa, d’Orb. 
2. Supercytis, d’Orb. 
(1) Supercytis digitatci, d’Orb. (PI. Y. fig. 3). 
(2) Supercytis tubigera, n. sp. (Pl. Y. fig. 4). 
1. Fasciculipora , d’Orb. 
Fasciculipora, d’Orb. (1839), Busk, Brit. Mus. Cat., pt. iii. p. 37 (pars). 
Frondipora, Michelin (pars) ; Hagenow. 
Corymbopora (pars), Michelin. 
Corymbosa, sp., d’Orbigny. 
Funyella, Hagenow, Bk., Crag Polyzoa, p. 118. 
Character . — Zoarium stipitate ; capitulum lobate. Zooecia opening only at the ends 
of the fasciculi. 
(1) Fasciculipora ramosa, d’Orbigny. 
Fasciculipora ramosa, d’Orb., Voy. Amer. Merid., Polypiers, p. 20, pl. ix. figs. 22-24. 
1 Frondipora ramosa, Hagenow. 
Corymbosa ramosa, d’Orb., Cours Elem. de Pal., tom. ii. p. 109, 1851. 
1 Funyella prolifer, Hagenow, Maast. Ivreid., p. 37, pl. iii. figs. 6, 7 If). 
Character. — Zoarinm fungiform ; capitulum composed of numerous obtuse, rounded 
lobes (usually in pairs); each lobe constituted of a thick fasciculus of tubular cells of 
large calibre and very thin walls, with a few intermediate tubes of less diameter inter- 
spersed ; outer surface smooth, dotted obscurely, showing the outline of the elongated 
zooecia, or thickened and porcellanous. 
Habitat. — Off Inaccessible and Nightingale Islands, Tristan da Cunha, 60 to 150 
fathoms. 
[South Patagonia, 48 fathoms, Darwin, d’Orbigny.] 
Fasciculipora ramosa bears a close resemblance to Fungella multifida, milii, of the 
Crag (pl. xvii. fig. 4), but in that species, which probably corresponds with Frondipora 
marsilli of Michelin (Iconog., p. 68, pl. xiv. fig. 4). The whole growth appears more 
squat or depressed, and the lobes shorter and not in pairs, whilst the outer surface 
towards the base is marked with hexagonal areolae, an appearance not seen in Fasciculi- 
pora ramosa. Otherwise the two forms appear to be closely allied. 
