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Title: Corals and coral islands
Identifier: alr2577.0001.001.umich.edu
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895
Subjects: Coral reefs and islands; Corals
Publisher: New York, Dodd & Mead
Contributing Library: University of Michigan
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Michigan

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82 CORALS AND CORAL ISLANDS, 1. The Alcyonium tribe or Alcyonacea.—One of the forms under this tribe is represented in the annexed figure. It is from the Peejees (like most of the zoophytes figured by the author), and in the living state the polyps had the mid- dle portion of the tentacles pale brown, with the fringe deep brown. In another more beautiful species of the genus, fi:'om the same region, the Xenia florida D. (made Xenia Dance by Verrill, as it proved to be distinct from Lamarck's species to
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XENIA ELONGATA, D. which the author referred it), the polyps are as large, but short- er, and the color is a shade of lilac. These species differ from the larger part of the Alcyonia in having the polyps not re- tractile ; the tentacles fold together, if the zoophyte is disturb* de, but cannot hide themselves. The following figure represents another related species

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  • booksubject:Coral_reefs_and_islands
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  • bookpublisher:New_York_Dodd_Mead
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