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Explanation of Plate VII - The Echinodermata of Funafuti - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Plate VII. Edgar R. Waite , del.
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Explanation Of Plate X - The Alcyonaria Of Funafuti. — Part I - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Explanation Of Plate XII - The Alcyonaria Of Funafuti. — Part I - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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The Alcyonaria of Funafuti. — Part II - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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By Thomas Whitelegge. Zoologist, Australian Museum. By Thomas Whitelegge, Zoologist, Australian Museum. The collection of Gorgonidœ made by Mr. C. Hedley, although small in number, is particularly interesting from the fact that, of the ten species obtained, eight prove to be new. Included in the ...
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[XII.] — The Alcyonaria. — Part II - The Alcyonaria of Funafuti. — Part II - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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By Thomas Whitelegge, Zoologist, Australian Museum. The collection of Gorgonidœ made by Mr. C. Hedley, although small in number, is particularly interesting from the fact that, of the ten species obtained, eight prove to be new. Included in the collection is a number of noteworthy forms belonging...
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Order Alcyonacea. — Family Helioporidæ. — Heliopora coerulea, Pallas - The Alcyonaria of Funafuti. — Part II - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Heliopora coerulea, (Pallas) Blainville, Manuel d'Actinol., p. 392, pl. lxi. fig. 3. Mr. C. Hedley informs me that he only once obtained Heliopora alive at Funafuti, but that dead specimens were abundant, both cast up on the beach and in situ in the lagoon. It was also observed in a semifossil co...
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The Sponges of Funafuti - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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By Thomas Whitelegge. Zoologist, Australian Museum. By Thomas Whitelegge, Zoologist, Australian Museum. The collection of sponges obtained by Mr. C. Hedley, though small, is nevertheless interesting. There are sixteen species; of these the following six are described as new— Spinosella glomerata,...
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Order Monaxonidæ - The Sponges of Funafuti - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Reniera australis, Lendenfeld, Aust. Mus. Cat. xiii., Sponges, 1888, p. 78. There are several examples of this species exhibiting considerable variation; one resembles a piece of pumice-stone with numerous crateriform oscula; others have a comparatively smooth surface, with dome-shaped oscula bea...
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Family Homorrhaphidæ - Order Monaxonidæ - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Reniera australis, Lendenfeld, Aust. Mus. Cat. xiii., Sponges, 1888, p. 78. There are several examples of this species exhibiting considerable variation; one resembles a piece of pumice-stone with numerous crateriform oscula; others have a comparatively smooth surface, with dome-shaped oscula bea...
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Family Suberitidæ — Polymastia dendyi, sp. nov - Order Monaxonidæ - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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(Plate xviii., fig. 5). Sponge sessile, consisting of a series of mammiform processes more or less united at their bases, the upper third or half being free. The single example in the collection is 35 mm. in its long and 25 mm. in its short diameter, and about 8 to 12 mm. in height. The mammiform...
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Family Spirastrellidæ — Spirastrella papillosa, Ridley & Dendy - Order Monaxonidæ - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Spirastrella papillosa, Ridley & Dendy, Chall. Rep. Zool., xx., p. 232, pl. xli., fig. 5; pl. xlv. figs. 11–11g. A much broken specimen is here somewhat doubtfully referred to this species. The example is reduced to a pulp, and it is impossible to say what its external characters were; during gro...
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Order Monooeratina - The Sponges of Funafuti - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Euspongia irregularis, var. silicata, Lendenfeld, Mon. Horny Sponges, 1889, p. 255, pl. xiii., fig. 2; pl. xxi., fig. 10. Two examples of this species are in the collection, one in spirit the other dry. The colour of the spirit specimen is dark blackish brown externally, internally of a light sal...
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The Madreporaria of Funafuti - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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By Thomas Whitelegge. Zoologist, Australian Museum. By Thomas Whitelegge, Zoologist, Australian Museum. Mr. C. Hedley furnishes the following note:— "For one who has surveyed the wealth of life as developed on the great coral reefs of Queensland , New Guinea, or New Caledonia, the chief impressio...
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Order Madreporaria Aporosa - The Madreporaria of Funafuti - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Caryophyllia clavus, var. epithecata, Duncan, Trans. Zool. Soc, viii., p. 311, pl. xlviii., figs. 13-16. A small immature example in the collection is referable to this variety. The corallum is erect, elongate, conico-turbinate, incrusting at the base and elliptic in outline at the summit. The ep...
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Order Madreporaria Fungida - The Madreporaria of Funafuti - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Lophoseris repens, Bruggemann, Abhandl. naturw. vereins zu Bremen, v., p. 395, pl. vii., fig. 1, a-b. Pavonia repens, Klunzinger, Korall. Rothen. Meeres, 1879, p. 75, pl. ix., fig. 3. Three specimens. Obtained by a native diver in twenty feet of water in the lagoon. Pavonia explanulata, Lam., Ani...
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Family Madreporidæ - Madreporaria Perforata - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Madrepora syringodes, Brook, Cat. Madr. Corals, Brit. Mus., i., p. 177, pl. xxxiii., fig. e. Two small examples are somewhat doubtfully referred to this species. Madrepora spicifera, Dana, Zoophytes, U.S. Explor. Exped., p. 442, pl. xxxiii., fig. 4. A single specimen, consisting of a stout pedice...
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Family Poritidæ - Madreporaria Perforata - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Porites lichen, Dana, Zoophytes, U.S. Explor. Exped., p. 566, pl. lvi., fig. 2. One small example, 3 cm. long, 2 cm. broad, and 5 mm. thick, with a reflexed margin. The calicles are very variable in size, ranging from 1·5 to 2·5 mm. in diameter; in some cases the separating walls are indistinct, ...
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Explanation of Plate II - The Echinodermata of Funafuti - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Plate II. W.J. Rainbow , del.
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[XV.] — The Madreporaria - The Madreporaria of Funafuti - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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By Thomas Whitelegge, Zoologist, Australian Museum. Mr. C. Hedley furnishes the following note:— "For one who has surveyed the wealth of life as developed on the great coral reefs of Queensland , New Guinea, or New Caledonia, the chief impression of the coral reef of Funafuti is its poverty. In a...
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Explanation Of Plate viii - The Alcyonaria Of Funafuti. — Part I - The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
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Edgar R. Waite, Del.
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