Abstract
Lamouroux (1812: 360) established the genus-group name Palythoe, with the following diagnosis in French: "Palythoe [...] P[olypiers] dendroi'de rameux; axe presque toujours comprimé, reconvert d'une écorce trésépaisse, en partie calcaire, parseméc de mammelous saillans, chacun terminé par une cellule polypifére". This translates as: "A group dendroid in branching; almost always axially compressed, covered with very thick ectoderm, partly calcareous dotted with prominent bumps, each terminatedby a polyp".
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