. A manual of zoology. Zoology. Fig. 216. Fig. 217. Fm. 216.—C/offocora ccespitosa. (After Heider.) Relations of coraland flesh. Fig. 2VJ.—Favia cavernosa. (After Klunzinfjer.) arises from a single animal by continued fission or budding. When the division is not complete the animals may form long series with numerous mouths but with the other parts united, the result being that the surface of the coral is marked by long winding grooves—incompletely separated theca—with sclerosepta, as in the brain corals (fig. 215). Since but little is known of the soft parts, the classification of the Mad- ro


. A manual of zoology. Zoology. Fig. 216. Fig. 217. Fm. 216.—C/offocora ccespitosa. (After Heider.) Relations of coraland flesh. Fig. 2VJ.—Favia cavernosa. (After Klunzinfjer.) arises from a single animal by continued fission or budding. When the division is not complete the animals may form long series with numerous mouths but with the other parts united, the result being that the surface of the coral is marked by long winding grooves—incompletely separated theca—with sclerosepta, as in the brain corals (fig. 215). Since but little is known of the soft parts, the classification of the Mad- roporaria is based upon the coral. Three sections of the sub order are recog- nized. (1) Aporosa, with compact .skeleton. Some, like CartjophylUa. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hertwig, Richard, 1850-1937; Kingsley, J. S. (John Sterling), 1854-1929. New York, H. Holt and Company


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