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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S CHALLENGER. 



Table of Species of Ophioglypha — continued. 



' Four arm spines ; one long and high up, three 

 short and low down. Radial shields touch- 

 ing without ; disk scales angular, . 



Disk thin, with rather delicate 

 scales, arms slender, with small 

 spines. PapiUse of arm comb ' 

 sharp and cyhndricaL 



Ophioglypha lepida. 



Disk covered with smooth, moder- 

 ately tliick scales. Arm spines 

 small and short. Second under 

 arm plate about as long as broad, 

 those farther out much broader 

 than long. Papillffi of arm comb 

 close-set, flat, and with rounded 

 ends. 



Disk scales of moderate size, thick, 

 and swollen. Very small, narrow, 

 side mouth shields. Arm spines 

 short. Tentacle scales numerous. 

 Under arm plates within disk 

 about as broad as long, and 

 separating the side arm plates. 



Disk smooth and flat, with scales, 

 radial shields, and mouth shields 

 all smaU. Arm spines few and 

 small. Mouth papiUte and ten- 

 tacle scales similar, numerous, 

 even, and close set 



Ophioglypha Ijungmani. 



Three arm spines ; one long and high up, two 

 short and low down. Radial shields sejjar- 

 ated ; disk scales small and curved. 



Four very short, peg-like arm spines ecmallv 1 ^ , . , , ,. 



spaced, . . . . \ > Ophioglypha cequalis. 



Three slender, equally spaced arm spines, t 

 Mouth shield trefoil, with a long lobe in- 

 ward, ..... 



Three very short, small, sharp arm spines, low ' 

 down. Mouth shield wider than long, with I 

 a point within. Radial shields long and 

 separated, .... 



Three very short, small, sharp arm spines, low 'J 

 down. Mouth shield as broad as long. ( 

 Radial shields short, rounded, and separated ( 

 by the fine scaling of the disk, . . ) 



Three very short conical arm spines, standing "J 

 on middle of edge of plate. Disk scales f 

 coarse and rather thick. Radial shields ( 

 broader than long, and joined, . . ) 



Tliree very short, blunt, peg-like arm. spines, ) 

 evenly spaced. Disk scales few and large. > 

 Radial shields long and separated, . . j 



Similar to the preceding, but the upper arm \ 

 plates form a ridge, while they are flat in > 

 O. cosfafa, . . . . . j 



Six short, blunt, peg-like, evenly spaced arm^j 

 spines. Arms narrow. Radial shields short, I 

 and separated by one or two large rounded [ 

 plates, . . . . . ) 



Three slender pointed arm spines, about two-'~ 

 thirds as long as a joint. Disk scales few I 

 and mostly large. Radial shields large and 

 joined, .... 



• Ophioglypha imbecillis. 

 Ophioglypha irrorata. 

 Ophioglypha orhiculata. 



Ophioglypha undulata. 



Ophioglypha eostata. 

 Ophioglyp)ha lymani 



Ophioglypha albata. 

 Ophioglypha jejuna. 



Tlu'ee short, blunt, peg-like arm spines, evenly ) 



spaced. Papillaj of arm comb short, close- > Ophioglypha brevispina. 

 set, and sharp, . . . . ) 



"1 Foiu' short, blunt, peg-like arm spines, three \ 



together low down, and one higher up. ( ^ , . , , , . 



PapiUse of arm comb short, close.set, and f ^-^'""^^^-P''* «™^'^""'- 

 squarish, . . . . . ) 



arm spines, about 



> Ophioglyph 



ha loveni. 



Three to five short, sharp 

 half as long as a joint, 



Five very minute, blunt arm spines, which ) ^ , . , , , . 



- - - - ^ ' > Ophioglypha fraterna. 



J. 1 -^ • '-'■J iiixj-ikiLc, uju-im ill 111 isiJiiicOj w liii 



are often rubbed off or naturally wanting. 



