. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Sections of Stenopora crinita, Lonsdale (M'Cormick collection), enlarged twelve times. A. Tangential section, passing in part through the thickened nodes and in part through the unthickened segments of the corallites : a, acanthopores. B. Vertical sectiou, showing the bead-like periodic thickenings of the walls of the tubes and the tabulae. Both sections show a dense brown-coloured irregular lining in all the tubes ; but this seems to be clearly due to minerali- zation, and is
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Sections of Stenopora crinita, Lonsdale (M'Cormick collection), enlarged twelve times. A. Tangential section, passing in part through the thickened nodes and in part through the unthickened segments of the corallites : a, acanthopores. B. Vertical sectiou, showing the bead-like periodic thickenings of the walls of the tubes and the tabulae. Both sections show a dense brown-coloured irregular lining in all the tubes ; but this seems to be clearly due to minerali- zation, and is omitted in the figure. Indeed in other specimens which may be unhesitatingly identified with this species, and in which the external zone of the corallum is preserved, the corallites do actually show the periodic annulations which are found in all the other species of the genus. Thin sections of such specimens, taken in the peripheral. 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 London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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