Corals

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The specimens of Corals procured at Rodriguez amount to 102 and belong to 49 species. They were taken by Messrs. Slater and Gulliver evidently at moderate depths ; at least no deep-sea forms, especially no Turbinolüdœ or Oculinidœ are represented amongst them. As might have been anticipated, the Rodriguez coral fauna bears a close affinity to that of Mauritius, Madagascar, and the Seychelles Islands, and there can scarcely be any doubt that the species described as new in the present paper will prove to occur likewise in the localities mentioned as well as in others of the Indo-Pacific Region. Many of the species are common to Rodriguez and the Red Sea ; a less considerable number have been recorded from the north-eastern part of the Indian Ocean ; some of them extend their range into the Pacific. However, the coral fauna of these regions is hitherto comparatively but little known, and the present collection most likely contains only a small minority of the Rodriguez species ; so that it would be premature to offer any further remarks on their geographical distribution.

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