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s. GOTO 



Kina-Hav og i Formoi5îi-Stra3(let fis- 

 kede Exeraplarer, og ^ma to forelig- 

 geudo törre Exemplarer, hvis Op- 

 bevariugstilstand er miudi'e god, kan 

 man endnn, ligesom i^aa Grays cite- 

 rede Figm*, paavise Stedet, livor de 

 liave siddet. Horn betegneude for 

 Arten vilde jeg foruden disse fem 

 Knnder endnn anföre (med Gray) 

 den livide Farve (eller vel rettere den 

 farvelöse Tilstand af de tön-ede eller 

 i Spiritus opbevarede Exemplarer), 

 fremdeles den forlioldsvis stserke Ud- 

 vikling af Randpladerne, isasr i Arm- 

 vinklenie, de egenlige Rygpladers 

 regelmässige, i Alraindeliglied sex- 

 kantede Form, de faa Porer, der of test 

 ere anbragte i Hjörnerne mellem disse 

 Plader og som i Armenes iudre Del, 

 livor Ai'mene stöde til Skiven, danne 

 Grupper paa 5-6, men ellers sidde 

 enkeltvis eller kun ganske faa sam- 

 men ; de lade sig i övrigt f orf ölge 

 lige til Stjernens Midtpunkt. Endnu 

 kan anföres, at der ses ikke faa 

 ' Pedicellarife valvulatœ ' paa de al- 

 mindelige Ryg- og Bugplader ; ogsaa 

 paa Randpladerne har jeg iagttaget 

 enkelte. Af Ambulakralpapiller er der 

 gjerne 6 fine i liver Gruppe i den 

 indre Rfekke, og en eller höjst to i 

 den ydre ; at de sidstnœvnte i Form 

 og Störrelse omtrent stemme med 

 Bugi-andpladernes Pigge, er bekjendt. 

 G. equestris synes at vœre udbredt 

 fra Japan til Formosa-Strœdet og det 

 sydkinesiske Hav. 



the Southern Cliina Sea and the Strait 

 of Formosa, and in two dried ex- 

 amples >)efore me, which are in a 

 less gofjd condition of preservation, 

 one can also, as in Gray's figm*e above 

 cited, still point out the place, where 

 they were situated. As characteristic 

 for the species I would mention, be- 

 sides these five nodes, (with Gray) 

 also the white colom* (or perhaps 

 more correctly the colourless condition 

 of the specimens either dried or pre- 

 served in alcohol), as also the re- 

 latively good development of the mar- 

 ginal plates, especially in the arm 

 angles, the regular, in general hexa- 

 gonal form of the true dorsal plates, 

 the few pores, which are most fre- 

 quently situated in the angles between 

 these plates and which form gi'oups 

 of 5-6 in the inner part of the arms, 

 where the latter join the disk, but 

 elsewhere occmiing either single or 

 only very few together ; they can 

 besides be followed even to the centre 

 of the star. It may, moreover, be 

 mentioned that there are seen not 

 few ' pedicellariœ valvulat^e ' on the 

 dorsal and ventral plates in general; 

 I have also observed single ones on tlie 

 marginal plates. Of the ambulacral 

 papillfB there are usually 6 fine ones 

 in each group of the inner row, and 

 one or at most two in the outer ; that 

 the last mentioned ones nearly agree 

 in form and size with the spines of the 

 ventral marginal plates is known. 



G. equestris appears to be distri- 

 buted from Japan to Formosa Strait 

 and the South Cliina Sea. 



