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gastric pouches are variable in shape, but always broad and never resembling those of the three other 

 species. C. foioleri (Browne 1906) is likewise destitute of peripheral canals, but the spindle-shaped 

 gastric pouches are very characteristic, and its way of developing medusa buds from the gastric 

 pouches, projecting into the bell cavity, is remarkable. I have seen the type specimen in the British 

 Museum (Nat. Hist.). The same asexual propagation occurs in C.frugifera Kramp 1948 a, a species 

 richly represented in the present collection; it has a well-developed canal system, and its gastric 

 pouches are separated by broad triangular spaces. C. tenella (Bigelow 1909), which also has a well- 

 developed peripheral canal system, is distinguished by its triangular, pointed gastric pouches. 



Cunina octonaria McCrady 1857 



1857 Cunina octonaria McCrady, p. 109. PI. 12, figs. 4-5. 



1910 Cunoctantha octonaria Mayer, p. 461. PI. 55, figs. 1-2. Text-figs. 304-5. 



1 910 Cunoctantha octonaria var. kollikeri Mayer, p. 464. 



1 910 Cunoctantha parasitica Mayer, p. 465. 



1915 Cunoctantha octonaria Bigelow, p. 316. 



1932 Cunoctantha octonaria Menon, p. 29. 



1935 and 1936 Cunoctantha octonaria {pars) Thiel, p. 82. 



19516 Cunoctantha octonaria Yznnucci, pp. 112, 115, 116. 



1 95 1 Cunoctantha octonaria Nair, p. 71. 



1953 Cunina octonaria Kramp, p. 304. 



1955 Cunina octonaria Kramp, p. 284. 



Occurrence: St. 282. 12. viii. 27. 01° 11' S, 05° 38' E. Net: TYF 3oo(-o) m. i specimen. 



St. 677. 28. iv. 31. 31° 16' 15" S, 29° 56' 30" W. Net: TYFV 2000-0 m. i specimen. 



St. 694. 10. V. 31. 04° 05' 30" N, 30° 00' W. Net: TYFB 210-0 m. 2 specimens. 



St. 701. 16. X. 31. 14" 39' 18" N, 25° 51' 42" W. Net: TYFB 242-0 m. 2 specimens. 



St. 1373. 21.V. 34. 31° 13' 06" S, 31° 48' 42" E. Net: N 100 B 135-0 m. 2 specimens. 



St. 1373 is near the south-east coast of Africa, the others are between the coasts of tropical Africa and 

 South America. 



Three of the specimens have seven tentacles, the other five specimens have eight. 



Distribution. Widely distributed in the warm parts of all the oceans, including the Mediterranean. 



I may add that in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I have seen the young specimens of Cunina 

 from Chagos, mentioned by Browne (1916 p. 201); most of them, but not all, undoubtedly belong to 

 C. octonaria. 



Cunina frugifera Kramp 1948 



1948a Cunina frugifera Kramp, p. 18. PI., figs. 1-6. 



1955 Cunina frugifera Kramp, p. 285. 



Occurrence: St. 100. 30. ix.-2. x. 26. 33° 20' S, 15° 18' E to 33^ 46' S, 15° 08' E. Net: TYF 0-5 m. 7 specimens; 



475(-o) m. I specimen. 

 St. 254. 21. vi. 27. 35" 04' S, 02° 59' 30" E. Net: TYP' 20o(-o) m. i specimen. 

 St. 697. 12. V. 31. 09° 15' 15" N, 30° 01' 45" W. Net: TYFB 460-0 m. i specimen. 

 St. 699. 14. V. 31. 14° 27' 15" N, 30° 02' 15" W. Net : TYFV 500-250 m. i specimen. 

 St. 714. 30. X. 31. 35° 09' 30" S, 47° 00' W. Net: TYFB 246-0 m. i specimen. 

 St. 1374. 24. V. 34. 31° 46' 36" S, 29° 46' 18" E. Net: TYFB 230-0 m. i specimen. 

 St. 1568. II. iv. 35. 34" 47' 36" S, 34° 27' 54" E. Net: TYFB 1400-0 m. 3 specimens. 

 St. 1585. I. V. 35. 00° 06' S, 49° 45' 24" E. Net: TYFB 500-0 m. i specimen. 



St. 1585 is off the Somaliland coast. East Africa, Stns 1374 and 1568 off the south-east coast of 

 Africa; St. 100 is near the Cape of Good Hope, Stns 697 and 699 are west and south-west of the Cape 

 Verde Islands, St. 714 is off the coast of Uruguay, South America. 



