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



1. Plagiacantha arachnoides, Claparede. 



Plagiacantha arachnoides, Claparfede, 1856, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, 



November 13. 

 Plagiacantha arachnoides, Claparede, 1858, Etudes sur les Infusoires et les Rhizopodes, p. 462 



(pL xxii. fig. 8). 

 Acanthomctra arachnoides, Claparfede, 1855, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, p. 675. 



Spines straight, cylindrical, divided into three divergent straight branches of equal size ; each 

 branch two to three times as long as the simple thicker basal part. 



Dimensions.- — Length of the spines 012 to 0-2, of the branches O'OS to 014. 

 Habitat. — North Atlantic, coast of Norway, Claparede, surface. 



2. Plagiacantha furcata, n. sp. 



Spines straight, cylindrical, divided into two divergent straight branches of equal size, of about 

 the same length as the simple basal part. The spines and their branches are smooth. 

 Dimensions. — Length of the spines 0'24, of their fork-branches 012. 

 Habitat. — North Pacific, Station 254, surface. 



3. Plagiacantha dodecantha, u. sp. 



Spines straight, three-sided prismatic, in the middle with one verticil composed of three 

 divergent straight branches of equal size, of about the same length as the simple basal part. The 

 edges of the spines and their branches are thorny. 



Dimensions. — Length of the spines 0'24, of the branches 01. 



Habitat. — Central Pacific, Station 274, surface. 



4. Plagiacantha ahietina, Eichard Hertw^ig. 



Plagiacantha ahietina, Eichard Hertwig, 1879, Organismus d. Radiol., p. 72, Taf. vii. 

 figs. 6-6i. 



Spines straight, three-sided prismatic, with three verticils of three divergent straight lateral 

 branches, decreasing in size towards the distal end ; the branches of the first verticil about twice as 

 long as those of the second, and four times as long as those of the third verticil. All nine branches 

 of each spine simple, straight, three-sided pyramidal. 



Dimensions. — Length of the spines 0'2 to 0'3, of the basal branches 0'06 to 0'08. 



Habitat. — Mediterranean, Messina (E. Hertwig), surface. 



5. Plagiacantha verticillata, n. sp. 



Spines curved, three-sided prismatic, with six to nine verticils of three chvergent branches, 

 decreasing in size towards the distal end ; the branches of the first verticil about twice as long as 

 those of the fourth verticil. All branches simple, slightly curved, bristle-shaped. 



Dimensions. — Length of the spines 0-27, of the basal branches 012. 



Habitat. — South Pacific, Station 296, surface. 



