St* raristella 
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Buropean species identified from the West Indies 
by Duncan* 
Stylophora rari Stella, var . 1 Duncan. 
1863. Stylophora raristella , var. 1, Duncan, Quart# Jour. Geol. 
Soc. London, Vol. XX, p* 27. 
1867. Stylophora raristella , Duncan, Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc. 
London, Vol. XXIV, pp . 15, 25. 
In 1863, Duncan reports this species from the silt of the 
Sandstone plain, San Domingo, making the following remarks: H A 
large cylindrical corallum with a central cavity; it is an immense 
branch of a large variety of the well-known European Miocene form. 
Thickness of branch 2 1/2 inches *” Coll* C-eol. Soc* London. 
In 1867, he identifies specimens from St. Croix Trinidad 
as this species. He states that it "is an abundant fossil; and 
very beautiful examples of the papillate coenenchyma between the 
calices are very common. There is no coenenchyma in the young 
