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light yellowish brown. The diameter of the disk is 6 or 7 millimeters, and the spread of the arms 

 about 20 centimeters. 



I examined the specimen from Guadeloupe at the Paris Museum in 1910. It is a 

 rather slender example, of medium size. 



Hartlaub pointed out that it is difficult to see why Carpenter made this species, 

 which has the division series laterally free, the type of his Spinifera group which is 

 characterized by laterally sharply flattened ("wall-sided") division series. He also 

 noted that Carpenter did not mention the characteristic remoteness of the second 

 syzygy, and that he said nothing about the proximal pinnules. 



According to Miss Boone the larger specimen from off English Cay, Bahamas, has 

 an arm length of 74 mm. and cirri 28 mm. long, and the smaller has the arms 72 mm. 

 and the cirri 28 mm. long. 



The specimen from the Snapper Bank has 27 arms which are about 120 mm. long. 



The two specimens from Blake station 155 in the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 are rather small. 



A specimen from Blake station 269 in the Museum of Comparative Zoology has 30 

 arms. 



Dr. H. L. Clark wrote that the Atlantis dredged two small specimens and one 

 large one with 29 arms nearly 100 mm. long off Matanzas, Cuba, in 190-200 fathoms. 



From the specimens that I have been able to examine it would appear that this 

 species is most abundant and reaches the largest size off the northern coast of Cuba 

 in the vicinity of Habana. Farther west, toward Yucatan, the size decreases, and 

 eastward and southward along the Lesser AntiDes the average size is also distinctly 

 less, specimens from Barbados, St. Vincent, and Grenada all being quite small. 



Commensals. Hartlaub noted that on the specimens from St. Lucia (Blake station 

 220 and Investigator) there were small barnacles. Barnacles of the genus Scalpellum 

 are common on the cirri of this species throughout its range (see Part 2, p. 639, and 

 pi. 53, fig. 1345). A specimen in the Museum of Comparative Zoology from Blake 

 station 269 carries six of these on its cirri. 



Localities, Bahamas; near English Cay; yacht Pawnee I, April 1925 [Boone, 

 1928] (1). 



Albatross station 2354; northeast of Cozumel Island, off the coast of Yucatan 

 Gat. 2059'30" N., long. 8623'45" W.) ; 238 meters; coral bottom; January 22, 1885 

 (1 + . U.S.N.M., 34567, 34603). 



Albatross station 2165; off Habana, Cuba Gat. 2310'39" N., long. 8220'28" W.); 

 366 meters; coral bottom; May 1, 1884 (2, U.S.N.M. 16901, 16902). 



Albatross station 2169; off Habana, Cuba Gat. 2310'28" N., long. 8220'27" W.); 

 143 meters; coral bottom; May 1, 1884 (1, U.S.N.M. 34649). 



Albatross station 2337; in the vicinity of Habana, Cuba (lat. 2310'39" N., long. 

 8220'21" W.); 364 meters; coral bottom; January 19, 1885 (1, U.S.N.M., 34568). 



Albatross station 2342; in the vicinity of Habana, Cuba Gat. 2310'39" N., long. 

 8220'21" W.); 368 meters; coral bottom; January 19, 1885 (2, U.S.N.M., 34565). 



Albatross station 2346; in the vicinity of Habana, Cuba (lat. 2310'39" N., long. 

 8220'21" W.); 366 meters; coral bottom; January 20, 1885 (3, U.S.N.M., 34566). 



Albatross station 2345; in the vicinity of Habana, Cuba (lat. 2310'40" N., long. 



