Abstract
Lamouroux (1812: 360) established the genus-group name Palythoe, with the following diagnosis in French: “Palythoe […] P[olypiers] dendroïde rameux; axe presque toujours comprimé, recouvert d’une écorce trèsépaisse, en partie calcaire, parseméc de mammelous saillans, chacun terminé par une cellule polypifère”. This translates as: “A group dendroid in branching; almost always axially compressed, covered with very thick ectoderm, partly calcareous dotted with prominent bumps, each terminated by a polyp”.
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