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The bUaminate Furcate pedicellariae pi 7 1 tbundanl 



abactinally, brigaded with the crossed. They are no) bo plentiful on the actinal 

 spines An avenge one measures 0.21 mm broad bj 0.2 higl iller 



than those ol i and < i iir»-r in form, 



(c) The Btone-hammer-shaped denticulate pedicellaria< triable in 



and shape, and are similar to those of eapiiat I'l 77. i 



sometimes abundant abactinally, but again ma] be practically absent, except from 

 the proximal part i>f the intermarginal channel and among 1 1 »« - actinal spines The 

 largesl i 6 nun long are found in the actinal interradial channel. The jaw \ 

 from broadly lanceolate i" broadly <>\al ami the number <>f teeth from four ■ 

 This type of pedicellaria appears to be t<»' variable i" be <>f use in di 

 species although there an differeni 



Color in life: Abactinal spines white, surrounded I' 

 bright tn dull blue integument; general tint brown, the papular areas raw 

 actinal Burfaoe including inferomarginal spines, yellowish white with pale grayish 

 •i papulae; tube feet Capucine buff Young specimen General tint cinnamon, 

 with Bpote <if reddish brown between the collars of pedicellariae; Bpinee pale pink. 

 violet, and blue; cone of blue akin surrounding spine pair blue. Anothei 

 tawnj nli\<' mottled with -null" brown <>r sepia. 



Vtu The type specimen has six rays and was dried without first 



hardened bo that the abactinal Burface lias collapsed. I' iant, the 



radii ben tm The abactinal -pin- ry numerous, fairly equi- 



distantl] -pace. I. and the Bwollen end is elongate, tapered and alightl] swollen at the 

 rounded tip. I'l 77. figs, 2, 2 The large denticulate "stone-hamn 



pedicellariae arc verj nui ibactinally ami are exactly like those of Monterej 



specimens \- mentioned above, then actinal plus t«<> inferomarginal -i 



in h transvei on the broadest part of the raj ; on the middli 



iinaU reai bee to within two <>r three inferomarginal plat< - <>f the terminal shield 

 The inferomarginals carrj two spines throughout tl • 



\: Monterey ^intii specimei spinod f"' 



occur, usually offshore or <m the piles "f wharves Thej have never been taken in 

 tide pools. Occasionally a 6-rayed specimen is met with. In the giai 

 of the heavier-epined form, the abactinal spines are rather more widelj 

 Bometimes quite unequal, and the end is more subglobose than conical, 

 two examples of these ''overfed' 1 individuals are alike Verrill I 

 with an extraordinary development "f actinal p ^7 



The medium-sized specimens nd in tide pools .-it M 



also very variable in bape, and spi 1 in 



the number of "stone-hammer" pedicellariae present, as indicated in the descripl 

 It is probable that the form with fewer, heavier -; become dominant in the 



southern part of California; or conversely, what is kn 

 developed from this sparsely spined forms ■ 



Two specimens rather below medium size, from 18 

 tion 3131 . vary nearly as widely in do <>r.h' 



th have very nun 



