CEPHALOPODA. — BERRY. 



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Recorded Distribution. — 6-15 fathoms, Port Jackson, New 

 South Wales (Hoyle) ; George's Beach, New South Wales 

 (Brazier) ; ? 200 fathoms, off Gabo Island, Victoria ("' En- 

 deavour ") ; ? 11-20 fathoms, Spirits Bay, New Zealand 

 (Massy). 



Material Examined.— A small ? , E5603 [S.S.B. 536], taken 

 in 200 fathoms, south of Gabo Island, Victoria ('" Endea- 

 vour "), seems nearer to Polypus australis (Hoyle) than to 

 any other described form with which comparison has seemed 

 advisable. 



Measurements. — 



Tip of bod\- to dorsal base of umbrella 



Lensrth of body 



Width of body 



Width of neck 



AVidth across eyes 



Length of funnel 



Mouth to tip of right dorsal arm 



Mouth to tip of left dorsal arm 



Mouth to tip of right second arm 



Mouth to tip of left second arm 



Mouth to tip of right third arm 



Mouth to tip of left third arm 



Mouth to tip of right ventral arm 



Mouth to tip of left ventral arm 



Mouth to margin of umbrella between dorsal arms. . 

 Mouth to margin of umbrella between ventral arms. 



mm. 



37 



29 



27 



19 



19 



20 



95 



93 



80 -f 

 105 



90+ 



97 



50+ 



90 



14 



14 



Note. — The arms of this specimen proved so brittle that the measure- 

 ments given are even less accurate than usual with these difficult creatures... 



Remarks. — The specimen differs from Hoyle's description 

 of 0. australis (Hoyle 1886, p. 88, pi. 3, figs. 4-5) in the lesser 

 extension of the umbrella between the ventral arms, the 

 much larger funnel, the apparently finer suiface papillation, 

 and the evenly-rounded body. Here the dorsal surface of 

 the head and body is roughened by numerous small, angular 

 or irregularly linear papillae, coalesced here and theie to form 

 short ridges. The ventral surface of the body is more 

 finely wrinkly-reticulate-papillose. Over each eye is a large, 

 rather slender, pointed tubercle, accompanied by several 

 very small ones. The funnel organ (PI. Ixxxi., fig. 1) is. 

 W-shaped. 



