海底兩萬里 第161期 第11章 諾第留斯號(12)

　　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 mentor Professor Milne-Edwards has so shrewdly classified into divisions and among which I noted 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 thatcongregate to form entire islands that will one day turn into continents.

　　在腔腸類中，有管狀珊瑚，扇形礬花，敘利亞的柔軟侮綿，摩鹿加群島的海木賊，磷光珊瑚，挪威海中很好看的逗點珊瑚，各式各樣的傘形珊瑚，八枚珊瑚蟲，我的老師密爾·愛德華很清楚地分為許多種的整組的石蠶：波旁島的眼形珊瑚，安的列斯群島的“海神之車”，各種各樣的美麗珊瑚，以及所有一切稀奇古怪的腔腸類動物;這些動物集合起來，能構成整個的海島，

　　Among the echinoderms, notable for being covered with spines: starfish, feather stars, sea lilies, free-swimming crinoids, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc., represented a complete collection of the individuals in this group.

　　這些島將來有一天會結合成為大陸。在外表多刺的棘皮類中，有海盤車、海星球、五角星、慧星球、流盤星、海渭、海參等，作為這一類動物的整套標本擺在這里。