Beagle Expedition (1831-1836); Coral reefs and islands; Geology -- South America; Islands; Volcanoes
NAME OF ZOOPHYTE Depth in fathoms COUNTRY and S. LATITUDE AUTHORITY
SERTULARIA 40 Cape Horn 66° Where none is given,
the observation is my own
CELLARIA ditto Ditto
CELLARIA, A minute 190 Keeling Atoll, 12°
scarlet encrusting
species found living
CELLARIA, An allied, 48 St Cruz Riv. 50°
small stony sub-generic
form
A coral allied to 40 Cape Horn
VINCULARIA, with eight
rows of cells
TUBULIPORA, near to 40 Cape Horn
T. patina
TUBULIPORA, near to 94 East Chiloe 43°
T. patina
CELLEPORA, several 40 Cape Horn
species, and allied
sub-generic forms
CELLEPORA, several 40 and 57 Chonos Archipelago 45°
species, and allied
sub-generic forms
CELLEPORA, several 48 St Cruz 50°
species, and allied
sub-generic forms
ESCHARA 30 Tierra del Fuego 53°
ESCHARA 48 St Cruz R. 50°
RETEPORA 40 Cape Horn
RETEPORA 100 Cape of Good Hope 34° Quoy and Gaimard, “Ann. Scien. Nat.” tome vi., page 284.
MILLEPORA, a strong 94 and 30 E. Chiloe 43°
coral with cylindrical
branches, of a pink
colour, about two
inches high,
resembling in the
form of its orifices
M. aspera of Lamarck
Tierra del Fuego 53°
CORALIUM 120 Barbary 33° N. Peyssonel in paper read to Royal Society May 1752.
ANTIPATHES 16 Chonos 45°
GORGONIA (or an allied 160 Abrolhos on the Captain Beechey informed me of this fact in a letter.
form) coast of Brazil 18°
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