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Table of Species of Ophiocnida. 



One spiniform mouth papilla on each side, and a bead-like pair at ) , . 



- ,, . _.. . „, \ Ophiocnida putn 



apex ot mouth angle. Disk pulled, . . . . j x r 



\ Ophiocnida olivacea. 



\ Ophiocnida hrachiata. 

 \ Ophiocnida caribea. 



Four to five mouth papillae on each side. Two spiniform tentacle 

 scales. Disk puffed, ..... 



Arm spines flat ; one of them often with a terminal cross-piece 

 Arms very long, ...... 



§• | Arm spines rough. Four sharp mouth papillae on each side. Two 

 spiniform tentacle scales, . 



Granules 

 on disk. 



Lowest arm spine thick and rough. Two small mouth papillae on \ 



each side, and a head-like pair at apex of mouth angle. Disk > Ophiocnida scabra. 



puffed, 



Lowest arm spine longest. One spiniform mouth papilla on each side, ) „ „ , 



, , , vi r li. i ' \ Ophiocnida riilosa. 



and a bead-like pair at apex of mouth angle, . . • ) 



Three blunt, nearly equal mouth papillae on each side. Disk scales I „ , . . , , . , 

 , . , r r \ Ophiocnida scabriuscula. 



Similar to preceding, but disk spines longer, .... 



Eadial shields very narrow, ...... 



One very wide mouth papilla on each side, and a clump of four 

 minute at apex of mouth angle, ..... 



- Two unequal mouth papillae on each side, and a pair at apex of mouth 

 angle, which are pointed and larger, 



, Three nearly equal, bead-like mouth papillae on each side, 



Ophiocnida hispida. 

 Ophiocnida echinata. 



> Ophiocnida abnonnis. 



> Ophiocnida filograwa. 

 Ophiocnida loveni. 



Ophiocnida pilosa, Lym. (PL XIX. figs. 7-9). 



Ophiocnida pilosa, Lym., Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. vi., part 2, p. 32, pi. xii. figs. 341-343, 

 1879. 



Disk scaling hidden. Disk set with stout simple spines. Five tapering arm spines, 

 the lowest one longest. A slender mouth papilla on each side, and a pair of thick ones 

 at apex of mouth angle. 



(Type specimen from Station 162.) Diameter of disk 5 "2 mm. Arm broken, but 

 apparently eight or ten times the diameter of disk. Width of arm near disk 1 '2 mm. 

 The short narrow mouth angle has at its base on either side a spiniform papilla, and at 

 its apex a pair, stouter and more angular. Mouth shields longer than broad, nearly 

 oval. Side mouth shields triangular, somewhat curved round the mouth shield, not 

 meeting within. Under arm plates narrow, longer than broad, with eight sides, but 

 having the angles rounded and nearly obliterated ; lateral sides re-enteringly curved. 



