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THE classification of corals based upon the structure of the hard or skeletal parts alone, such as has been used by zoologists in general since the publication of Milne-Edwards and Haime's “Histoire Naturelle les Coralliaires” (1857–1860), is clearly not satisfactory. Some consideration in the system of the general anatomy of the soft tissues of the living coral polyps is clearly necessary if our classification is intended to indicate at all the natural grouping of the genera and species.
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HICKSON, S. The Anatomy of Corals 1 . Nature 71, 18–19 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/071018b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/071018b0