Stylophora Digitata
“A, Schematic longitudinal section through a zooid and bud of Stylophora digitata. In A, B, and C the thick black lines represent coenosarc; col, columella; T, tabulae. B, similar section through a single zoooid and bud of Astroides calicularis. C, similar section through three corallites of Lophohelia prolifera. ez, edge-zone. D, Diagram illustration the process of budding by unequal division. E, section through a dividing calicle of Mussa, showing the union of two septa in the plane of division, and the origin of new septa at right angles to them.” — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910
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The Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition (New York: The Encyclopedia Britannica Company, 1910)II:103
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