TRIBE IV.— ANTIPATHACEA. 
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Genus ANTIPATHES. 
Antipatliid 90 having the corneous axis spinulous, and the 
poljp-covering wholly fleshy. 
I. Quite simple. 
Arrangement of the Species. 
1. A. spiralis. 
2. 
A. anguina. 
II. Simple, with lateral pinnules. 
3. A. larix. 
4. 
A. eupteridea. 
III. Branching in a plane, 
1. Branches pinnate. 
5. A. pectinata. 
7. 
A. subpinnata. 
6. A. myriophylla. 
8. 
A. reticulata. 
2. JYot pinnate. 
9. A. flabellum. 
10. 
A. ericoides. 
IV. Not branched in a plane. 
11. A. mimosella. 
17. 
A. corticata. 
12. A. pinnatifida. 
18. 
A. lacerata. 
13. A. cupressus. 
19. 
A. pyramidata. 
14. A. pennacea. 
20. 
A. Boscii. 
15. A. scoparia. 
21. 
A. alopecuroides. 
16. A. fceniculum. 
22. 
A. arborea. 
1. Antipathes spiralis. — Quite simple, somewhat spirally twisted, polyps 
with a long beak ; the minute spinules of the axis acicular and very numerous. 
The Mediterranean, and Indian Ocean. 
2. Antipathes anguina (/?ana).— Quite simple, somewhat spirally flexu- 
ous ; polyps greenish, scarcely beaked ; tentacles fuscous at base ; axis with 
faint articulations at long distances ; spinules rather remote, compressed, sub- 
acute. 
Plate 56, fig. 1, extremity of zoophyte, natural size ; 1 a, axis ; 1 6, 1 c, 
polyps, enlarged ; 1 c?, section of axis, enlarged.— From the reefs olF Mathuata, 
Venua Lebu, Feejee Islands. — Exp. Exp. 
3. Antipathes larix {Esper). — Simple, very long ; branchlets very long 
(2 to 4 inches), pointing every way, and having a setiform axis. 
The Mediterranean, Gulf of Yenice.^ Lamarck. 
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