SUBORDER II. ALCYONARIA. 
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Family IV.— TUBIPORIDiE. 
Coralligenous Alcyonaria ; coralla tubular, calcareous or semi- 
calcareous ; tubes not striate within. 
Genus L— AULOPORA. 
RTon-acrogenous Tubiporidse, budding from a creeping filiform 
stolon. Coralla calcareous, tubular, incrusting, often reticulately 
anastomosing ; cells subremote, sometimes a little prominent. 
Aulopora tenuis {Dana). — Red; tubular corallum filiform, reticulate, 
mostly of a line broad ; cells circular, not prominent. 
Plate 59, fig. 5, corallum, natural size. — The Paumotu Archipelago. — Exp^ 
Exp. 
Genus II. — TELESTO. — Lamouroux. 
Acrogenous, segregato-ramose ; polyps retractile ; tubes semi- 
calcareous. 
1. Telesto auranttaca {Lamouroux). — Sparingly ramose, orange-coh 
ored ; 1 to li inches high, exterior striate. 
Australia. 
2. Telesto fruticulosa {Dana). — Fruticulose, 3 to 4 inches high ; polyps 
orange ; branchlets numerous, many short (2 to 4 lines), f of a line in diame- 
ter, cylindrical. 
Charleston, South Carolina. — Prof. C. U. Shepard, 
Genus III— TUBIPORA. 
Acrogenous Tubiporidae ; coralla calcareous, tubular ; tubes 
fasciculate ; no internal dissepiments. 
1. Tdbipora musica. — Tubes of the corallum scarcely i of a line broad, 
very densely crowded (16-22 in an inch), and parallel, septa much crowded. 
Indian Ocean. 
2. Tubipora purpurea {Lamarck). — Tubes of the corallum f of a line 
thick, much crowded, septa quite numerous. 
Red Sea. 
