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Findested. 

 Station No. 267. Et større og et mindre Exemplar. 



Slægtskarakter. 



Zoanthodemet trædannet. Stammen haard, furet, fra 

 Grunden og til Toppen rundtom tæt besat med haarde, 

 stive, lappede, kolbeformede Grene, der slutte sig tæt til 

 hverandre og overalt rigt forsynede med Polyper. Basal- 

 delen haard. læderagtig, skiveformigt udvidet. Saavel denne 

 som Stammen og Grenene rige paa Spikler. Polyperne 

 retraktile, cylindriske, rige paa Spilder. Tentaklerne om- 

 trent halvt saa lange som Polypkroppen og hele deres 

 aborale Side spikelrig. Zooider overalt paa Stammen og 

 Grenene. Polypsvælget forsynet med Spikler. 



Artskarakter. 



Zoanthodemet indtil 35 høit. Stammen rund. 



haard. furet paalangs, omtrent 4<> i Omkreds red Gran- 

 den, aftagende successivt lidt i Tykkelse op til Toppen, 

 hvor den deler sig i 3 — 4 Grene og er fra Grunden og 

 til den øverste Ende rundtom tæt besat med kolbeformede, 

 lappede, haarde Grene, der overalt ere rigt forsynede 

 med Polyper. Grenene slutte tæt til hverandre, dække 

 næsten ganske Stammen. Basaldelen haard, læderagtig, 

 skiveformigt udvidet. Polyperne cylindriske med en temme- 

 lig kort Bagkrop. Overalt paa Stammen og Grenene 

 Zooider, samt Nematocyster paa hele Zoanthodemet. 

 Spiklerne paa Basaldelen danne almindeligst Dobbeltstjerner 

 og sammensatte Stjerne!'; paa Stammen og Grenene ere 

 sammensatte Stjerner, bladede Klubber og Rosetter hyp- 

 pigst, og paa Polyperne ere lange, krumme og lige, 

 takkede Spindler, samt takkede Tapper sædvanligst. Farven 

 gul, spillende lidt i det Brune. 



Fulla 1 Schiertzi-, n. g. et sp. 



Tab. X. 



Zoanthodemet er (55 — 70""" hoit. Basaldelen er noget 

 udvidet. svampet. Stammen, der er næsten rand og furet 

 paalangs, er ved Grunden 30—35 i Omkreds, men af- 



Habitat. 



Station No. 267. One largish and one small speeimen. 



Generic characteristics. 



The Zoanthodem arborescent. The stem hard, grooved ; 

 from its base to the summit, beset, round about it, 

 with hard. stiff, lobate, clavate-formed branches that close 

 compactly in to each other, and are. everywhere, richly 

 beset with polyps. The basal part. hard, coriaceous, and 

 discoidally dilated. It. as vvell as the stem and the bran- 

 ches, is rich in spicules. The polyps retractile, cylin- 

 drical, and rich in spicules. The tentacles about half the 

 length of the body of the polyp, and their entire aboral 

 side richly furnished with spicules. On the stem and the 

 branches. Zooids everywhere. The gullet of the polyp fur- 

 nished with spicules. 



Specifie characteristics. 



♦ 



The Zoanthodem measures up to 35""" in height. 

 The stem cylindrical, hard, longitudinally grooved. and 

 measures about 40""" in circumference at the base, dimi- 

 nishing, gradually, a little in thickness up towards the 

 summit. at which point it ramifies into 3 — 4 branches; 

 it is beset, round about it. from its base to its upper- 

 most extremity, with clavate-formed, lobate. hard branches, 

 which are, everywhere. furnished with polyps. The bran- 

 ches close compactly together aud almost quite cover 

 the stem. The basal part hard. coriaceous. and discoidally 

 dilated. The polyps cylindrical, with a rather short posterior 

 body. On the stem and the. branches, Zooids every where, 

 also, over the entire Zoanthodem. nematocysts. The spicules 

 of the basal part form, most frequently, bistellates and 

 complex stellates; on the stem and the branches, complex 

 stellates. foliaceous clavates, and rosettes, are most frequent; 

 and. in the polyps, long, bent or straight, spicate fusees, 

 and spicate cones are the most frequent. Colour : yellow, 

 shadina a little to brown. 



Fulla 1 Schiertzi-, n. g. et sp. 



Plate X. 



The Zoanthodem measures 65 — 70""" in height. 

 The bas.al part is somewhat expanded and spongy. The 

 stem is almost cylindrical, and is longitudinally grooved; it 



1 Fulla, Friggas Terne, en af Asynierne. ' Fulla. Frigga's handmaiden, one of the Åsyns. 



- Arten er opkaldt efter Frantz Schiertz, der var Maler paa - The species is naraed after Frantz Schiertz, the artist ac- 



Expeditionen. _ companying the Expedition. 



