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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.
Family Oculinidæ. — Stylophora digitata, Pallas
Family Oculinidæ.
Stylophora digitata, Pallas.
Stylophora digitata (Pallas), Klunzinger, Die Korall. Rothen. Meeres, p. 61, pl. v., fig. 5; pl viii., fig. 1.
There are eight examples of this species, exhibiting considerable variation.
In the young the branches are subcylindrical, transversely nodose, and somewhat conical at the extremities. The larger page 352specimens are mostly round symmetrical clumps, with compressed branches and obtusely rounded summits.
Common in the shallow waters of the lagoon.