Abstract
OF the two genera, Montipora and Anacropora, catalogued in this volume, the latter is stated by the author to be little more than a group of specialised Montipores, so that the contents of the book may be said to relate nearly entirely to the single genus Montipora, Quoy and Gaimard. This genus is one of the reef-building, perforate corals, included with Madrepora, Turbinaria and Astræopora in the family of the Madreporidæ. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region wherever coral reefs occur, and the Museum collections of it have been largely added to of late years, by specimens obtained by Mr. Bassett-Smith, Surgeon R.N., from reefs in the China Sea, by Mr. Saville-Kent from the great Barrier Reef of Australia, by Prof. Haddon from Torres Straits, and by Mr. Stanley Gardiner from Funafuti.
Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History).
Volume iii. The Genus Montipora, the Genus Anacropora. By Henry M. Bernard. Large 4to. Pp. vii + 192. Plates xxxiv. (London: Printed by the order of the Trustees, 1897.)
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
H., G. Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History). Nature 57, 363 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/057363a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/057363a0