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ASTEOPHYTON CARYL 

 LIST OF SPECIMENS 



Locality. 



Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



Greenland. I I Prof. Eschriclit. | Alcoholic. 



Greenland. | | Prof. Sars. 1 



Smithsonian Institution. 



Greenland. I I University Museum, | Alcoholic. 



Copenhagen. 



Astrophyton Caryi Ltman. 



Astropliyton Caryi Lyman. Proceed. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., VII. p. 424. 1860. 



Special Marks. — Disk very distinctly granulated above, without 

 spines. Finer granulation at the outer side of the mouth-angle, and 

 along the edge of the genital slits. 



Descr'q^tion of a Specimen. — Diameter of disk, 35""° ; from outer 

 side of madreporic shield to outer corner of opposite mouth-slit, 16"""-; 

 width of arm at base, from 9°"- to 13°"°-. Distance of the different 

 forks from each other : — 



First fork to second, IS"""- 



Second " " third 10 " 



Third " " fourth, 22 " 



Fourth " " fifth, 12 " 



Fifth " " sixth 14 " 



Sixth " " seventh, 13 " 



Seventh " " eighth, 9 " 



Eighth " " ninth, 8 " 



Ninth " " tenth, 8 " 



Tenth " " eleventh, 6 " 



Eleventh " " end, 1 " 



IIG"""- 



Distance from outer side of madreporic shield to inner points of mouth- 

 papillae, to that between outer corners of mouth-slits, 11 : 5. Madre- 

 poric shield very indistinct, oval, irregular, longer than broad. Teeth, 

 tooth-papUlae, and mouth-papilla3 stout, regular, conical, about twenty- 

 four in number ; those near the outer corners of the mouth-slits rather 



