Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Containing Papers of a Biological Character · 1896 · 123 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesPaleontologyZoologyCoral Reef BiologyCoral Reef EcologyMarine ZoologyCoral PaleontologyCoral Reef ZoologyReef-building Coral BiologyReef-building CoralsComparative SkeletonCoral MicrostructureCoral SystematicsCoral TaxonomyFossil Corals
Abstract The following account brings forward the most important contributions, zoological and palæontological, to the study of the origin, the microscopic structure, and morphology of the Madreporarian skeleton. The earlier writings in the first half of this century are neglected, since exhaustive accounts of those have been given by Bronn, and by Edwards and Haime. Dana’s brilliant researches on recent corals and their habits, introduced many fundamental changes in the systematic arrangement of corals. The large folio atlas published by him in connection with the Wilkes’ Exploring Expedition in 1849, is in constant use in every large School of Zoology and Palæontology, and has made known the beauty and variety of the existing Madreporarian world to a wide circle of naturalists.