. Corals and coral islands. Coral reefs and islands; Corals. 54 CORALS AND CORAL ISLANDS. One of the genera in this family is Alveopora. It contains the h'ghtest of known corals, the texture being exceedingly porous, and the walls of the cells, which are continued regularly through the coral!um, are like delicate lace- work. As stated long since by the author, " they are intermediate in character between the Montiporse and the Favosites group "—as shown by the texture and the horizontal par- titions across the cells, giving them the " tabu- late " character of the ALVEOPORA
. Corals and coral islands. Coral reefs and islands; Corals. 54 CORALS AND CORAL ISLANDS. One of the genera in this family is Alveopora. It contains the h'ghtest of known corals, the texture being exceedingly porous, and the walls of the cells, which are continued regularly through the coral!um, are like delicate lace- work. As stated long since by the author, " they are intermediate in character between the Montiporse and the Favosites group "—as shown by the texture and the horizontal par- titions across the cells, giving them the " tabu- late " character of the ALVEOPORA vEKRiLLiANA, D. aucicnt Tavositcs, as represented by the au- thor in the annexed figure exhibiting a section of the coral- lum of a Feejee species. On account of this tabulate 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 Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle
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