ON THE APPENDICES CENITAEES (CLASPERS) IN THE SHI. ACI I IANS. 



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Plate IV. 



All the figures represent the skeleton of the appendage of the left ventral fin (or parts of this 



skeleton). 



Fig. 45 — 48. Raja batis. 



Fig. 45: The terminal part of the skeleton of the appendage, from the dorsal side; considerably re- 

 duced; the covering piece d and the terminal piece 7" 3 removed; x a calcified part of the 

 end-style g. 

 46: The same, from the ventral side; all the pieces present. 



- 47: The same, from the ventral side; the covering piece and the terminal piece T 3 removed. 



- 48: The dorsal covering piece, d, seen from the dorsal side. 



Fig. 49 



50 



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Fig- 53 : 



54 

 55 

 56 



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Fig. 49 — 52. Raja clauata. 



The appendage with all its pieces, viewed from the dorsal side; considerably reduced. 



The same, from the dorsal side; the covering piece d removed. 



The same, from the ventral side, with all the pieces present. 



The same, from the ventral side; the covering piece (/ and the terminal piece T % removed. 



Fig- 53—57- R<y' a radiata. 



The skeleton of the appendage with all its parts, from the dorsal side; reduced; x thickened 

 and calcified part of the end-style g. 



The same, from the dorsal side; the covering pieces d z — d 3 removed. 

 The same, from the ventral side; all parts present. 



Part of the dorsal wall of the appendix-slit, viewed from the ventral side; the ventral mar- 

 ginal cartilage and all the terminal pieces of the ventral side, as well as the covering pieces 

 removed. Rd' is here an independent piece. 



The terminal part of the ventral marginal cartilage with the terminal pieces Tv and Tv 2 , 

 separated from the other skeletal parts, and viewed from the dorsal side (i. e. part of the 

 internal side of the ventral wall of the appendix-slit). 



Fig. 



08: 



59: 

 60: 



61: 



62: 



Plate V. 



All the figures represent the right ventral fin. 

 Fig. 58 — 62. Somniosus microcephalus. 



Ventral fin, viewed from the ventral side, of a young specimen, 2 m 50 cm long; considerably 



reduced. 



Part of the same ventral fin, viewed from the dorsal side and a little turned. 



Part of the ventral of a large specimen, seen from the ventral side; considerably reduced. 



The terminal parts, with the exception of part of the spur 7" 3 , covered by aponeurosis. 



The same, from the dorsal side; part of the dorsal ray-muscles, Ra , removed, as well as 



part of the muscular portion O arising from the body; a aponeurosis of the Muse, extensor E. 



Part of the same, showing the muscles of the appendix, after removing the Muse, extensor E, 



the muscular portions O and O' (corap. fig. 59), as also part of the glandular bag (comp. fig. 61). 



