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THE 
STARRY GLOBE MADREPORE. 
Generic Character. 
Animal refembling a Medufa. 
Coral marked with lamellar llriated cavities. 
Specific Character. 
NEARLY GLOBOSE MADREPORE, mark¬ 
ed with innumerable ftar-fhaped cavities. 
This Madrepore is fo fully deferibed in its fpeci- 
fic character as to require little to be added except 
the fize of the coral, which equals that of the Brain- 
Madrepore. It is a native alfo of the fame feas; 
and like that fpecies, is not unfrequcntly marked 
by one or more round perforations, which fome- 
times bear the refemblance of natural excavations 
round which the animal fabricators of the coral have 
begun their operations, and at other times have 
more the appearance of the perforations of fome 
fpecies of Terebellas. 
