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    Bikini and nearby atolls, Marshall Islands; paleontology : Fossil corals from Bikini atolls
    USGS professional paper (1954)
    John W. Wells
    Calcareous algae play a very important part in building the reefs and associated deposits at Bikini Atoll, and their remains are abundant in the beach rock and well samples.The algae that could be identified are described.They belong to 8 genera and include 20 species, of which 4 are described as new.Of these, eight are forms found growing now on the modern reef.The genera represented are Lithothamnion, 3 species; Mesophyllum, 1 species; Lithophyllum, 1 species; Ooniolithon, 2 species; Porolithon, 4 species; Lithoporella, 1 species; Amphiroa, 1 species; Halimeda, 1 species).The species described as new are Lithothamnion MMniensum, Lithophyllum oblongum, Lithophyllum kladosum, and Lithophyllum profundum.
    Atoll
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    Some insects from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean
    Michael Willmer Forbes Tweedie
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    Corals of Hawai'i : field guide to hard, black, and soft corals of Hawai'i and the northwest Hawaiian Islands, including Midway
    Mutual Pub. eBooks (2005)
    Douglas Fenner
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    Bikini and nearby atolls, Marshall Islands; recent corals of the Marshall Islands
    USGS professional paper (1954)
    John W. Wells
    Atoll
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    On the Natural History of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean
    Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (2009)
    J. Lister
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    Some corals from American Samoa and the Fiji Islands
    J. Edward Hoffmeister
    American samoa
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    Christmas Island, naturally : the natural history of an isolated oceanic island, the Australian territory of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean
    H. L. Gray
    Small island
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    Corals at the Galapagos Islands
    American Journal of Science (1875)
    L. F. de Pourtalès
    THE Galapagos Islands al'e, as is well known, all important point in the geographical dIstribution of corals, being almost exactly on the bound::u•.y of the coral-producing part
    Annals
    New guinea
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    Colonial Corals in the Geological Formations of the Japanese Islands
    Proceedings of the Imperial Academy (1932)
    Hisakatsu YABE
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    Inshore Fishes of Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef
    Atoll research bulletin (2010)
    Bruce C. MundyRichard C. WassEdward E. DeMartiniBrian D. GreeneBrian Zgliczynski
    Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 585. Inshore Fishes of Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef.
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