. Birds and nature . w;^*. FHOM COL, CHI. ACAO. SCIENCES 558 STONY CORALS. .nil, LMiCAuO. Manicinn areolata (Florida).l*uiif;iH (tentata (Sineapore).GaaxeM rnsiculari^ (Sniiioa) Pocillopora incandrina fSandwirh Islands). Oculina pallens iFIoiidai. Euphyllia wardii (Singapore). THE STONY CORALS. The Stony Corals are of almost endlessvariety in form and character and morethan 2,000 species have been of these species live solitary liveswhile others form huge colonies whichbuild whole islands by the accumulationof their stony supports. Some are verylarge while others are of small si
. Birds and nature . w;^*. FHOM COL, CHI. ACAO. SCIENCES 558 STONY CORALS. .nil, LMiCAuO. Manicinn areolata (Florida).l*uiif;iH (tentata (Sineapore).GaaxeM rnsiculari^ (Sniiioa) Pocillopora incandrina fSandwirh Islands). Oculina pallens iFIoiidai. Euphyllia wardii (Singapore). THE STONY CORALS. The Stony Corals are of almost endlessvariety in form and character and morethan 2,000 species have been of these species live solitary liveswhile others form huge colonies whichbuild whole islands by the accumulationof their stony supports. Some are verylarge while others are of small size. Anyone who visits the seashore mayeasily become acquainted with a first cou-sin of the Coral polyp, the sea anemone,which is really a Coral animal without astony support. These animals are placedin the order Zoantharia of the class An-thozoa. The name of the order is fromtwo Greek words and signifies flower ani-mal and the student who gives these beau-tiful creatures the study which they de-serve cannot fail to be impr
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