ACTINOPODOUS HOLOTHÜRIOIDEA. 



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emplaren hatte das eine 1, das andere 4 PoLi'sche Blasen; bei 

 beiden war 1 Steinkanal vorhanden. Geschlechts schlauche sich 

 dichotomisch verzweigend. 9,4 cm. lang, 2,8 cm. breit. Haut 

 dick, g-andig. Farbe braun in's Piötliliche, die Füsschen weiss." 

 (Lampeet 1885, p. 173). 



Remarks : — Of the specimens examined, only one (No. 1094) 

 is of a medium size, viz., 9 cm. by 2.2 cm. ; and this alone has a 

 thick skin. It is spindle-shaped. The others (Nos. 1130 and 

 1655) are much smaller, being respectively 2.0 cm. by 1.3 cm. 

 and 2.5 cm. bv 1.5 cm. In these, the skin is thin and the bodv, 



Textfig. 44. 



I'hyllophorus jap07iîcus : a — Calcareous ling ; fe—Iixegiilar perforated plate of 

 perisome with imperfect spire ; c — Same without spiie ; d — Table of tentacle ; 

 e — Supporting roil of tentacle. (5— e x 240). I — Interrachalii ; E — Eadialia. 



ovoid. In all, the pedicels are thickly scattered all over the body, 

 over the ambulacra as well as the interambulacra . There is a 

 tendency for them to crowd on one side (ventral ?), and this is very 

 distinct in No. 1655. As to the tentacles, I was able to make 

 out in No. 1094 nine large and eight small ones, making 17 in 

 all. The color is white in alcohol. The calcareous ring is very 



