THE 
MURICATED MADREPORE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Animal allied to a Medusa. 
Coral marked with lamellar star-shaped impres¬ 
sions or cavities. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, (ifc. 
Compound, subimbricated, branched MADRE¬ 
PORE, with obliquely truncated, promi¬ 
nent, subascendant pores. 
Rough, branched MADREPORE. 
The present species of Madrepore is principally- 
found about the coasts of the Indian seas, and varies 
extremely both in form and size. 
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