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Paa Kroppen forekommer va^sentligt Spindler; inil- 

 imellem dem sees hist og her Klubber eller Koller. 

 Spindlerne ere dels lige. dels niere eller mindre krumme; 

 de lige ere takkede med tilspidsede Ender; de krumme ere 

 hyppigst og forekomme snart i S Form. snart i Baadform ; 

 de ere meget takkede; paa enkelte ere Takkerne saa store* 

 at de faa Bladform , men overalt ere Spindlerne over- 

 strøede med hue Kalkkorn; de ere fra 0.300 — 0.360""" 

 lange, fra 0.024—0.046""" brede, Fig. 22. 23. 24. Klub- 

 berne ere ogsaa tildels noget krummede, forsynede med 



Takker og fine Kalkkorn; de ere 0.180 lange. 0.056°"" 



brede i den tykke Ende. Fig. 25. 



Paa Tentaklerne træffes omtrent lignende takkede 

 Spindler som paa Kroppen, men foruden dem tindes paa 

 den øverste Del af Tentaklernes aborale Side mindre, paa- 

 tversliggende, temmelig flade, i Randene stærkt indskaame 



Spilder, der ere fra 0.056—0.112 lange og fra 0.032— 



0.060 brede, Fig. 20. 27. 28. 



Paa Svælgroret. der er meget fattigt paa Spikler, 

 ligge de i to uregelmæssige Rækker og dannes dels af 

 enkelte Firlinger, dels af niere eller mindre flade, takkede, 

 særegne, sammensatte Spindler. Fig. 4. 



Farven. 



Gul. 



Station 224. 

 Station 267. 

 Station 275. 



Findested. 



Et fuldvoxent og et Par unge Exem- 

 plarer. siddende paa Area glacialis. 



5 Exeniplarer, hvoraf enkelte siddende 

 paa Ror af Tubularia imperialis. 



Mange Exeniplarer. 



Artskarakter. 



Zoanthodemet indtil lo""" lioit. Basaldelen skive- 

 formigt udvidet. tynd, men fast. læderagtig. Stammen 

 næsten lige tyk overalt, omtrent 25""£ i Omkreds ved 

 Grunden, deler sig i Toppen i 3 Grene, er lidt furet paa- 

 langs, blod, men rig paa Kalk og lige fra Grunden og 

 til Toppen rundtom tæt besat med tætsluttende Grene. 

 Disse ere tykke, korte, udvidende sig kugleformigt i Enderne. 



it measures <».^.')2 in length, 0.172""" in breadth 



at the extremities, and 0.120""" in breadth at the middle 

 (fig. 21). 



On the body, fusees are the form oi' most frequent 

 occurenee, and between these, there are seen, heri' and 

 there, clavates, or subclavates. The fusees are. sometimes 

 straight, sometimes more ur less bent; the straight ones 

 are spicate, and have acuminated extremities; the bent ones 

 are the most frequent. and appear often in S-form. often 

 cymbiform; they are very spicate and, in a few, the spikes 

 are so large, as to acquire the! foliform, hut the fusees 

 are. everywhere, overstrewed with minute calcareous gran- 

 nules; they measure from 0.300 — 0.360""" in length. 



and from 0.024—0.046 in breadth (figs. 22. 23. 24). 



The clavates are, also. occasionally, somewhat hent. and 

 are furnished with spikes and minute calcareous grannules; 



they measure 0.180 in length. and 0.056""" in breadth 



at the thick extremity (fig. 25). 



On the tentaeles, nearly similar spicate fusees to 

 those of the body are met with. hut. besides thein, there 

 are found on the uppermost part of the aboral side of 

 the tentaeles. smaller, transversally-placed, rather flat, spi- 

 ddes, strongly mdented in the margins; they measure from 



0.056—0.112 in length. and from 0.032—0.060 in 



breadth (figs. 26. 27. 28). 



On the gullet-tuhe. which is very poor in spicules, 

 the spicules are placed in two irregular series, and con- 

 sist of. partly, a few quadruplets. and partly, of. more or 

 less flat, spicate. peculiar, complex stellates (fig. 4). 



Colour. 



The colour is vellow. 



Habitat. 



Station No. 224. One full-grown, and a couple ot 



young specimens seated on Area 



glacialis. 

 Station No. 267. Five specimens. of which some 



seated on tubes of Tubularia 



hiiptr/ulis. 

 Station No. 275. Many specimens. 



Speciflc characteristlcs. 



The Zoanthodem measures up to 15""" in height. 

 The basal portion discoidally dilated, thin. hut hard and 

 coriaceous. The stem. almost uniform in thickness through- 

 out, measures about 25""" in circumference at the base, 

 ramifies at the summit into 3 branches. is a little fur- 

 rowed longitudinally, soft. hut rich in calcium, and is. right 

 from the base to the summit. beset round about it. with 



