770 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Four equatorial spines one and a half times to twice as long and broad as the sixteen others. Central 

 capsule cruciate, with four arms (enveloping the basal part of the four large spines); filled up 

 with yellow bodies and purple granules. Calymma large, with a network of purple gi-anules. 

 The four main spines are constantly much larger than the sixteen others, but in variable pro- 

 portion. The eight polar spines are sometimes rudimentary. 



Dimensions. — Length of the four major spines 0'3 to 0'4, of the sixteen minor 0'15 to O^o : 

 breadth of the former 0'012, of the later O^OOS or less. 



Habitat. — Mediterranean (Messina) ; Atlantic, Stations 348 to 354, surface. 



5. Acanthostaurus pallidus, Haeckel. 



Acanthostaurus pallidus, Haeckel, 1862, Monogr. d. Eadiol., p. 396. 



Acanthometra pallida, Claparede et Lachmann, 18.58, liltudes sur les Infusoires, Szc, p. 461, 

 Taf. xxiv. fig. 6. 



Spines four-sided prismatic, with four blunt edges, of nearly equal breadth throughout their whole 

 length. Apex bifid. Base with a small leaf-cross. Four equatorial spines much larger than the 

 sixteen others. Central capsule spherical, transparent, containing some yellow bodies. 



Dimensions. — Length of the four main spines 012 to 0-2, of the sixteen others 0'04 to 0"0S ; 

 breadth of the former 0-01, of the latter 0-004. 



Habitat. — North Atlantic, west coast of Norway, Claparede ; Faeroe Channel, John Murray. 



6. Acanthostaurus forceps, Haeckel. 



Acanthostaurus forceps, Haeckel, 1862, Monogr. d. Eadiol., p. 396, Taf. xix. figs. 3, 4. 

 Acanthometra forceps, Haeckel, 1860, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, 

 p. 809. 



Spines pincer-shaped, linear, compressed, cleft nearly throughoiit their whole length into two 

 parallel thin, straight branches, which are united only at the pyramidal base and by means of a 

 small bridge in the middle jjart. Four main spines twice as long and broad as the sixteen others. 

 Central capsule square, filled up with red pigment, and containing yellow bodies. The diagonals of 

 the square are the two equatorial axes. 



Dimensions. — Length of the four main spines O'l, of the sixteen others 0'05 ; breadth of the 

 former O'Ol, of the latter O'OOo. 



Habitat. — Mediterranean (Messina) ; North Atlantic, Canary Islands, Station 354, surface. 



7. Acanthostaurus hastatus, Haeckel. 



Acanthostaurtis hastatus, Haeckel, 1862, Monogr. d. Radiol., p. 397, Taf. xix. fig. 5. 

 Acanthometra hasfafa, Haeckel, 1860, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, 

 p. 809. 



Spines of very different size and form ; four equatorial spines cylindrical in the basal half, spear- 

 shaped or lanceolate in the distal half, with thin edges, little longer, but five to eight times as 



