. Coral and atolls: a history and description of the Keeling-Cocos Islands, with an account of their fauna and flora, and a discussion of the method of development and transformation of coral structures in general. Coral reefs and islands. 98 CORAL AND ATOLLS the production of the pigments. Despite this peciihar varia- tion of the colour of the zooids in one colony, it remains a fact that the zooid is the true index of the species. In all the strange growth-forms and abnormal coloration of PocillojJora the zooid remains constantly brown ; and in Montipora, con- FiG. Colony of Poc'dlopora
. Coral and atolls: a history and description of the Keeling-Cocos Islands, with an account of their fauna and flora, and a discussion of the method of development and transformation of coral structures in general. Coral reefs and islands. 98 CORAL AND ATOLLS the production of the pigments. Despite this peciihar varia- tion of the colour of the zooids in one colony, it remains a fact that the zooid is the true index of the species. In all the strange growth-forms and abnormal coloration of PocillojJora the zooid remains constantly brown ; and in Montipora, con- FiG. Colony of Poc'dlopora Whose general colour may be either a delicate pink or a yellowish brown. In both cases the zooid is identical and coloured brown. stantly pale sulphur-yellow. In Stylo-pora, whether the coral is the thinly branched and colourless deep form, or the thickly branched and brownish shallow-water form, the zooid is always of the same yellow colour. In considerinsr the vesretative forms of the corals of an atoll, it must always be remembered that the environment is not a constant one. Although the coral colony is absolutely debarred from changing the site of its growth, still the. 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 Jones, F. Wood (Frederic Wood), 1879-1954. London, Lovell Reeve & Co. , Ltd.
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