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  1. Lophohelia prolifera (Pallas) = Lophelia prolifera (Pallas, 1766), skeleton of colony from the side
  2. Leptocyathus elegans (Milne-Edwards) = Leptocyathus elegans Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850, skeleton of polyp from above (2a: from the side)
  3. Cyathina cylindrica (Milne-Edwards) = Caryophyllia cylindrica Phillips, 1839, skeleton of polyp from above
  4. Balanophyllia floridana (Pourtales) = Balanophyllia floridana Pourtalès, 1868, skeleton of polyp from the side
  5. Rhizotrochus fragilis (Pourtales) = Polymyces fragilis (Pourtalès, 1871), skeleton of polyp from the side
  6. Stephanophyllia elegans (Milne-Edwards) = Stephanophyllia elegans (Bronn, 1837), skeleton of polyp from above
  7. Astrocyathus paradoxus (Pourtales) = Caryophyllia paradoxus Alcock, 1898, skeleton of polyp from above
  8. Maeandrina filograna (Lamarck) = Meandrina filograna (Esper, 1791), skeleton of coral head from above
  9. Madrepora fruticosa (Brook) = Acropora humilis (Dana, 1846), skeleton of colony from the side
  10. Flabellum australe (Mosley) = Flabellum australe Moseley, 1881, skeleton of polyp from above
  11. Flabellum alabastrum (Mosley) = Flabellum alabastrum Moseley, 1876, skeleton of polyp from above
  12. Thamnastraea arachnoides (Milne-Edwards) = Thamnastraea arachnoides (Parkinson, 1808), part of skeleton of coral head from above
  13. Porites furcata (Lamarck) = Porites furcata Lamarck, 1816, part of skeleton of coral head from above
  14. Stephanophyllia complicata (Mosley) = Stephanophyllia complicata Moseley, 1876, skeleton of polyp from above (14a: from the side)
  15. Leptopenus discus (Mosley) = Leptopenus discus Moseley, 1881, skeleton of polyp from above
Date
Source Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 26: Hexacoralla (see here, here and here)
Author
Ernst Haeckel  (1834–1919)  wikidata:Q48246 s:en:Author:Ernst Haeckel q:en:Ernst Haeckel
 
Ernst Haeckel
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Birth name: Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel; Haeckel; Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
Description German naturalist, philosopher and artist
Date of birth/death 16 February 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 9 August 1919 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Potsdam Edit this at Wikidata Jena Edit this at Wikidata
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