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Asbestopluma s. str. 

 pennatula O. S. biserialis R. and D. 



bilianiatifcra Cart. Bclgica Tops. 



/areata mihi. 



Lycopodina n. 



cuprcssiformis Cart. occidentalis Lambe 

 lycopodium Levins. hydra mihi. 



Cotylina n. 

 infundibulum Levins. comata mihi 

 versatilis Tops. minuta Lambe. 



A systematic survey of all Asbestopluma-s-pecies may be given as follows: 



a. Sigmata are found; stalk-coating also (biserialis?): 



b. Two forms of eh else; besides the Asbestoplu wff-chela a larger chela of a 

 different type: 

 c. The lateral branches arranged biserially ; the spicules of the stalk-coating 



tylostrongyla pennahda O. S. 



ex. The lateral branches arranged pluriserially: 



d. The spicules of the stalk-coating tylostyli bihamatifera Cart 



d.d. The spicules of the stalk-coating tylostrongyla; the lateral branches 



very small furcata n. sp. 



b.b. Only one form of chelae: 



e. The lateral branches arranged pluriserially Bclgica Tops. 



c.c. The lateral branches arranged biserially biserialis R. and D. 



a.a. No sigmata; no stalk-coating: 



b. More or less marked lateral branches, or the branches all issuing from the 

 top of the stalk. (Sometimes leaf-shaped without lateral branches): 

 c. Forcipes are found; the branches are lateral: 



d. The fibres of the lateral branches do not go to the middle of the 



axis, chelae 0-023 — o-o25 mm , forcipes 0-038 — o-048 mm cuprcssiformis Cart. 



d.d. The fibres of the lateral branches are going to the middle of the 

 axis: 

 e. No spicula-fibres outside the axis; chelae 0-014 — o-oi7 mm , forcipes 



0-050— o-o56 mm lycopodium Levins. 



ex. Spicula-fibres outside the axis; chelae o-oi3 mm , forcipes o - 032 mm occidentalis Lambe. 

 c.c. No forcipes; the branches issuing from the top of the stalk; chelae 



o-oi2— o-oi4 mm hydra n. sp. 



