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glat, langt Skatt, omtrent af samme Længde som Dobbelt- 

 stjernerne, Fig. 37, og takkede, tornede, lige eller krumme 

 Spindler med dels afrundede, dels takkede, dels mere eller 

 mindre tilspidsede Ender, fra 0.100—0.140""" lange og fra 

 0.012—0.016'".'" brede, Fig. 38. 39. 40. Hist og her, men 

 kun sjeldent, sees imellem de nævnte Spikler enkelte Fir- 

 linger, besatte med smaa Papiller, og 0.08O"'" lanse, 0.060""" 

 brede, Fig. 41. 



Polypkroppens Spikler ere meget forskjellige. De al- 

 mindeligste ere takkede Spindler, dels med stumpe, dels med 

 tilspidsede Ender, fra 0.120—0.200""" lange og fra 0.020— 

 0.040""" brede, Fig. 42. 43, samt takkede og vortede Koller, 

 fra 0.140—0.180""" lange og fra 0.040—0.080""" brede i 

 den øverste Ende, der stundom kan være tvers afskaaren og 

 da ligeledes besat med Vorter, Fig. 44. 



Imellem de nævnte Spikler træffes otte snart Tvillinger, 

 snart Firlinger. Tvillingeme ere dels takkede, dels tornede, 

 næsten ila de med takkede Ender og lidt indknebne paa 

 Midten; de ere af forskjellig Størrelse, fra 0.050 — 0.080""" 

 lange og fra 0.010— 0.020 brede. Fig. 45.46. Firlingerne 

 antage mere eller mindre Korsformen; enkelte af dem ere 

 temmelig fiade, men alle ere besatte med større og mindre 

 fremspringende Takker; nogle ere næsten lige brede som 

 lange; deres Gjennemsnit er indtil 0.0120""", andre ere mere 

 langstrakte og da 0.080""" lange, 0.040'"™ brede, Fig. 

 47 — 51; men saa sjeldne ere vel udprægede Kors, at paa 

 en hel Polypkrop iagttoges kun et enkelt, hvis Længde- 

 stdk var 0.160""" og Tverstok 0.040""", Fig. 52. 



Farven. 



Hele Zoanthodemet er violet, dog saaledes at Stammen 

 og Grenene spille lidt i det Gule. Polyperne ere intens 

 violerte. 



Findested. 

 Station 359 Et Exemplar. 



Artskarakter. 



Zoanthodemet indtil 80""" høit. Stammen deler sig et 

 lidet Stykke ovenfor Grunddelen i to, hvoraf den ene er 

 lidt tykkere, end den anden. Basaldelen 70'"'" i Omkreds, 

 og fra den udspringe et Par yderst korte, tynde Grene, 

 paa hvis Ender tindes 3 — 4 Polyper. Fra de 2 Stammer 

 udgaa mange større og mindre Grene, der ramifiere sig 

 tiere Gange; de yderste Smaagrene bære paa deres Ender 



iew subclavates are found, which are spicate at the tliick 

 extremity, and have a eircular, almost smooth. long shaft 

 of about same length as that of the bistellatcs (hg. 37); 

 also spicate, aculeate, straight, or bent, fusees, with parti v, 

 rounded, parti v, spicate, partly, more or less, acuminate extre- 

 mities, and measuring from 0.100 — 0.140""" in length, and 

 from 0.012—0.016""" in breadth (figs. 38. 39. 40). Here 

 and there. but only rarely, there are seen between the spi- 

 cules mentioncd, a few quadruplets beset with small papillæ, 

 and measuring 0.080""" in length, and 0.060""" in breadth 

 (fig. 41). 



The spicules of the body of the polyp are very variable. 

 The most trequent tonns are, spicate fusees, partly, with 

 blunt, partly, with acuminate extremities, and measuring trom 

 0.120—0.200""" in length, and from 0.020—0.040""" in 

 breadth, (figs. 42. 43); also, spicate and warted subclavates, 

 measuring from 0.140— 0.180""" in length, and from 0.040 — 

 0.080""" in breadth at the uppermost extremity, which 

 sometiines may be met with transversely truncated, and, in 

 that case is also beset with warts (fig. 44). 



Between the spicules meutioned, sometimes, twins, 

 sometiines, quadruplets, are frequently met with. The 

 twins are, partly, spicate, partly, aculeated, almost flat, 

 with spicate extremities and slightly constricted at the 

 middle; they are oi variable length, measuring from 0.050 



—0.080""" in length, and trom 0.010—0.020 ' in breadth 



(figs. 4."). 46). The quadruplets assume, more or less, the 

 cruci-form, a few of them are rather Hat, but all of them 

 are beset with larger or smaller protuberant spikes; some 

 of them are almost as broad as they are long, and measure 

 up to 0.120""" in diameter; others are more elongate, and 

 measure, then, 0.080""" in length, and 0.040""" in breadth 

 (figs. 47 — 51), but clearly distinguished cruciforms are so 

 rare, that on the entire body of a polyp only a single 

 one was observed, whose longitudinal arm measured 0.160""" 

 and the transversal arm 0.040""" (fig. 52). 



Colour. 



The entire Zoanthodem is violet, in such manner, 

 however, that the stem and the branches shade a little 

 towards yellow. The polyps are intense violet. 



Habitat. 

 Station No. 359. One specimen. 



Speciflc characteristica. 



The Zoanthodem measures up to 80""" in height. The 

 stem ramiries, a little way above the base, into two parts, 

 of which, the one part is somewhat thicker than the other. 

 The basal part is 70""" in eireumferenee, and from it a 

 couple of extremely short thin branches shoot out, on 

 whose extremities there are 3 — 4 polyps. From the 2 

 stems, many larger and smaller branches proceed, which be- 



