CHAPTER II. 



II. Ordo PHYSOPHORA Eschsch. 29. 

 I. Legio Haplophysae Ch. 88. 



Subordo Physonecta Hkl. 88a. 

 Fam. FoRSKALiDAE Hkl. 88a. 



Forskalia Koll. 

 40. Forskalia contorta M. Edwards. PL X, fig. 81 ; PI. XI, fig. 84. 



= Steplianomia contorta M. Edwards 41. 



= } Steplianomia prolifera M. Edwards 41. 



= Apolemia Edwardsii Less. 43. 



= } Apolemia prolifera Less. 43. 



== Stephanomia contorta Lkt. 53. 



= Forskalia ophiura Lkt. 54. 



= Forskalia fonnosa Kef. & Ehl. 61. 



= Forskali opiiiiira Kef. & Ehl. 61. 



= Forskaliopsis ophiura Hkl. 88^. 



= Forskalia ophiura Ch. 88. 



= Forskalia contorta Bedot 93. 



Stat. 143. Lat. i°4'.5 S., Long. i2fi,2'.6E. Cat. 114. formald. 4%. One specimen. 

 Stat. 185. Lat. 3°2o'S., Long. I27°22'.9E. Manipa-strait from 1536 M. to surface. Cat. 165 B. 

 formald. 4°/^. One specimen. 



The family of the Forskalidae is one of the most complicated as to the systematic 

 nomenclature and it was Bedot 93 who tried to introduce order into the chaos. He tried to find 

 some characteristic by which he could distinguish the species one from the other and he chose 

 the presence or absence of pigment-spots in the nectophores and their relative position in these 

 structures. 



There are hardly any Sipltonophores known which change so entirely in the preservino- 

 fluids. We had the opportunity of observing in Naples beautiful living specimens of Forskalia 

 Edwardsi Koll. and Forskalia Laickartii Bedot. When quite fresh, they possess all their 

 appendages and it is a fine sight to watch the graceful movements of one of the complete 



