i6 



wel! .Mint of then being n«' line of demarcation between their walk and 



the general surl cenenchyma Another specimen, from Station 299, has more pro 



minent verrucae, a typical one measuring 1 2 mm in height and 1.5 mm. in diameter at I 

 It is papilliform, inclined distall) and has .1 terminal aperture [*he polyps are very small and 

 have a few spicules on the their upper parts, included the tentacle ba ■ 



Spicules These are nearly all \>:\ compact doul ds densely covered and with 



:\ narrow girdle Hiei also many stout spindles approaching an oval form and without 



any A few 'lul. een and an occassional small slender spindle probablj from 



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i rhe specimen described is a dull, dark r<-<\ < >thers are a creamy white the 



lichromatic. 

 G I distribu tion. This species is widely distributed in the Indian Ocean and 



region in general, chinese Seas, and Australian region. 



• st specimen of this species in the collection is from Station 273. It is one 



meter in diameter and creamy white in color. 



lus Juncella Valenciennes. 



Juncella (in part! Valenciennes. Comptes rendus a l'Acad. Paris, XI. I. p. 14. 



Juncella Milne Edwards <t II. unie. Histoire Naturelle des Coralliaires, I, 1^57". p. 186. 



Juncella Kölliker. Icones Histiologicae, II, iS'.;, p, 140. 



Juncella Studer. Monatsbericht der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1878, P655. 



Juncella Versuch eines Systemes dei Alcyonaria, 1887, p. 67. 



Juncella Wright and Studer. Challenger Reports, tin Alcyonaria, 1889, p. lxv. 



Juncella Studer. Alcyonarien aus der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Lübeck, 



.4. p. 1 16. 



Juncella Délag et Hérouard. Traite de Zoölogie concrete, II, j. f901, p. 429. 



Juncella Hickson. The Alcyonaria of the Maldives, 1905, p. 818. 



Juncella Thomson and Simpson. Alcyonaria of the Indian Ocean, II. 1909, p/269. 



It i-- very difficult it" nol quite impossible to distinguish surely between the genera 

 Scirpearea and Juncella of the earlier writers. The original definition of the genus yuncella 

 illows • 



_ .\ tiges droites <-n baguettes, couvertes de cellules polypifères éparses sur la sclerobase". 

 Milni Edwards and Haime (1857) give practically the same definition, somewhat con 

 Thej include in the genus yuncella juncea Val., '/'. vimen Val. 1 Gorgonia Juncea 

 Ellis and Solander), 7. hystrix Val., and ")'. elongata I 'alias). 



K illikee defines the genus as indicated in the following translation: 



"Axis with alternating layers <d' horny and calcaremis material. Part of the surface of 



the stem also pure limestone. Calyces reasonably wel) developed. Spicules of the ccenenchyma 



partly warty doublé heads and partly clubs and doublé stars .05 to .1 mm. long. Polyp spicules 



nall spindles". This writer includes in the genus Juncella juncea (Esper) and J. gemmacea 



enn< 



Pi dings Zoological Society of London, 1859) divides the genus into several 



