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tenimeligt i Fonn; enkelte nærme sig den sammensatte 

 Stjerne og ere ().1()4""" lange og 0.044""" brede, Fig. 50. 

 51; andre ligne en Tap, ere 0.092""" lange, 0.040""" brede 

 foroven, Fig. 52, og atter andre menne sip: dels Kolle- 

 deK Spindelformen ; de første ere o. 11 ^""" lange. 0.040""" 



brede foroven. Fig 53; de sidste ere fra 0.088—0.104 



lange og fra 0.024 — 0.028""" brede; alle disse smaa Spilder 

 ere mere eller mindre takkede op træffes hyppigst paa 

 Tentaklernes Side. Fig. 54 -56, imedens der op imod 

 Tentaklérnes Spidse sees nogle smaa. fladtrykte, takkede 



Spikler, som ere 0.072""" lange op 0.024 ' brede, Fig. 



57. 58. Endelig sees en Firling i Korsform, lip den paa 

 Basaldelen. men den ei' paa Polypkroppen saa sjelden, at 

 hos flere Individer fandtes den ikke. Fis. 59. 



Farven. 

 Farven er smuk rosenrød 



Findested. 



Station 315. Et Exemplar. 

 Station 359. To Exemplarer. 



in length, and from 0.044—0.052 in breadth (Pl. XII. 



figs. 48. 49). Between the subclavates and the fusees, 

 smaller spicules are. here and there, observed, which van 

 considerably in form. A few approach, in form. to the 

 eomplex stellate. and measure 0.104""" in length, and 

 0.044""" in breadth (Pl. XII. tips. 50. fil). Others resemble 

 a cone, and measure 0.092""" in length, and 0.040"™ in 

 breadth above (Pl. XII. fip. 52), and, again, others ap- 

 proach, partly to the subclavate, partly to tin- fusitorm. 



The first-named measure 0.112 in length, and 0.04< in 



breadth above (Pl. XII. fip. 53), and the last-named mea- 

 sure from 0.088—0. 1(J4" ,; " in length, and from 0.024— 0.028'""' 

 in breadth. All these small spicules are more or less 

 spicate, and are. most frequently, met with on the sides 

 of the tentacles (Pl. XII. figs. 54 — 56), whilst, up towards 

 Hie points of the tentacles a few, small, tlattened. spicate 

 spicules are seen. which measure 0.072""" in length, and 



0.024 in breadth (Pl. XII. figs. 57. 58). Finally. a 



cruciform quadruplet is seen. which resembles that on the 

 basal part, hut it is sn rare on the polyp-body that in 

 inanv individuals it was not found (Pl. XII, fig. 59). 



Colour. 

 The Colour is beautiful rose-red. 



Habitat. 



Station Xo. 315. One specimen. 

 Station Xo. 359. Two specimens, 



Artskarakter. 



Zoanthodeinet buskformet. indtil 40""" høit. Basaldelen 

 membranagtigt udvidet. Stammen rund. omgiven af tæt- 

 staaende (Irene lipe fra Grunden til Toppen. Grenene 

 ript besatte meil Smaagrene, som bære en større eller 

 mindre Mængde Polyper, der gruppere sig saa tæl om- 

 krinp Smaagrenen. at ikke alene denne, men ogsaa selve 

 Grenens kjules. som derved faar Oclseende af at beståa af en 

 eneste Polypgruppe. Polyperne 8""" lange, hægerformede, 

 med en udpræget Bagkrop og forsynede med 8 spikelrige 

 Ribber, der fortsættes over paa Tentaklerne. Imellem 

 disses Grunddel et triangulært, nøgenl Spatium, besat med 

 Nematocyster. Pijmulerne uden Kalk. Paa Basaldelen 

 ere bladede Klubber og sammensatte Stjerner almindeligst ; 

 sjeldnere Firlinger. Paa Stammen optpæde Dobbeltstjerner, 

 sammensatte Stjerner samt Klubber hyppigst og paa 

 Grenene er Dobbeltstjernen den almindeligste Form. Paa 

 Polyperne ere store, bladede Koller den hyppigste Spikelform. 

 Farven rosenrød. 



Speciflc characteristics. 



The Zoanthodem bushy, measures up to 40""" in 

 height. The basal part membranaceously dilated. The 

 stem cvlindrical, surrounded by closely-set branches right 

 from the base to the summit. The branches richly beset 

 with branchlets that carry a larger or smaller multitudé 

 of polyps which group themselves so closely around the 

 branchlet, that not only is it concealed, but also the branch 

 itself, which consequently acquires the appearance of con- 

 sisting of a single group of polyps. The polyps are 8""" 

 long, chalice-formed, have a prominent posterior body. and 

 are furnished with 8 spicular ribs that are continued into 

 the tentacles. Between the bases of these, there is a 

 bare triangular area occupied by nematocysts. The pin- 

 nules noncalcareous. On the basal part, foliaceous clavates 

 and eomplex stellates are the most frequent spicular 

 forms, more rarely quadruplets On the stem. bistellates 

 and eomplex stellates. also clavates. are the most frequent 

 fonns, and upon the branches, the bistellate form is the 

 most frequent. On the polyps, large foliaceous subclavates 

 are the most frequent spicular form. Colour: rose-red. 



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