英语听书《海底两万里》第161期 第11章 诺第留斯号(12)

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 　　In the first group: organ-pipe coral, gorgonian coral arranged into fan shapes, soft sponges from Syria, isis coral from the Molucca Islands, sea-pen coral, wonderful coral of the genus Virgularia from the waters of Norway, various coral of the genus Umbellularia, alcyonarian coral, then a whole series of those madrepores that my mentor¹ Professor Milne-Edwards has so shrewdly classified into divisions and among which I noted² the wonderful genus Flabellina as well as the genus Oculina from Reunion Island, plus a "Neptune's chariot" from the Caribbean Sea-every superb variety of coral, and in short,every species of these unusual polyparies that congregate³ to form entire islands that will one day turn into continents.