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12. Siphonogorgia macrospina Whitelegge. 
For description see: WHITELEGGE, The Alcyonaria of Funafuti, Part I. Australian Museum 
Memoir III, Part III, 1897, p. 224. 
Stat. Not recorded. 1 Ex. 
One very damaged specimen agrees with the description of this species of Whitelegge’s. 
It is pinkish orange in colour. 
Previously recorded from Gaspar Strait. 
13. Siphonogorgia miniacea Kiikenthal. 
For description see: KUKENTHAL, Alcyonaceen von Ternate. Nephthyidae Verrill, und Sipho- 
nogorgiidae Kolliker, 1896, p. 136. 
Stat. 301. Pepela-bay, East coast of Rotti-islancl. 22 M. Mud, coral and Lithothamnion. 1 Ex. 
A few broken branches appear to be near S', miniacea Kiik., the only differences being 
that the anthocodiae are not retracted, as in Kukenthal’s specimen, and the branches are flat 
instead of cylindrical. 
The chief characters of the colony are : 
(1) The anthocodial armature consists of 8 points with 4 — 5 converging spicules, usually 
arranged with 3 on one side and 2 on the other, and a crown of about 4 rows. 
(2) The verrucae are small and ledge-like, sometimes hardly raised off the branch. 
(3) The anthocodiae are not retracted. 
(4) The canal walls are fairly thick in the main stem, thinner in the branches. 
(5) Spicules of four types occur. 
[a] Large red spicules with very prominent compound warts — (2 X 0.2 mm.). 
(U) Large red spicules very much slenderer than the former, with simple warts tar apart — 
(1.5 X 0.1 mm.). 
(c) Very small red spicules, of which there are many, with a few prominent simple warts — 
(o. 15 X 0.02 mm.). 
{d) Small colourless spicules of the anthocodiae, usually bent. 
(6) The branches and main stem are all slender and covered with polyps. T he main stem is 
cylindrical and the branches very much flattened. 
Colour — brownish-red with white-lemon anthocodiae. 
Previously recorded from Ternate and Ceylon Seas. 
14. Siphonogorgia mirabilis Klunz. (Plate IV, Figs. 6 and 7). 
For description see: KLUNZINGER, Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, Part I, 1877, p. 49. 
Stat. 117. Kwandang bay-entrance. 80 M. Sand and coral. 4 Ex. 
Stat. 162. Between Loslos and Broken Islands, West Coast of Salawatti; coarse and fine sand 
with clay and shells. 18 M. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 305. Midchannel in Solor-strait off Kampong Menanga. Stony. 113 M. 1 Ex. 
Four specimens from Station 117, one from Station 162 and one from Station 305 have 
the same characteristic pustuled appearance, hard stems and branches packed with spicules, and 
are branched in one plane. 
