234 CrEOniA RKXIFORMIS. 



Geodia variospiculosa v:ir. typica Lendenfeld. 

 Oeoiliu mriospirtilom Thikle, Zoologies, KS98, 24, p. 10. plate 6, fig. 6. 



Without ilcrmal tylostylos. Orthoi:)lagiotriaene-clades 400-460 /i long. 

 Anatriaeno-clades up to ISO /i long. Oxy aster-rays up to 135 u long. Sterr- 

 asters up to 115 /< long. 



Northwestoni I'acifit'. Japan ; westward of Yogashima. 



Geodia variospiculosa \ai-. clavigera Thiele. 

 Zoologica, 1898. 24, p. II. plate 6, fi,;;. Tab. 



With large dermal tylostylcs. Orthoplagiotriaenc-clades 250-300 [l long. 

 Anatriuenc-clades only 30-40 fi long, one or two frequently absent (anadiaenes, 

 ^ anamonaenes). Sterrasters 100 n long. 

 Northwestern Pacific. Japan. 



Geodia variospiculosa var. intermedia Lendenfeld 

 Ante, p. .55. 



\\'ith(iut large dermal tylostyles. Orthoplagiotriaene-clades 220-550 ;t 

 long. Anatriaene-clades up to 135 /i long. Oxyaster-rays up to 90 /( long. 

 Sterrasters up to 125 ^t long. 



Northwestern Pacific. Jai)an; off Honshu Island. " Albatro.ss" Station 

 3746. 



Geodia variospiculosa var. micraster Lendenfeld. 

 .\iite, p. .55. 



\\'ithuut large, dermal tylostyles. Ortii()i)lagi()triaene-clatles 240-760 /( 

 long. Anatriaene-clades up to 130 /i long. Oxyaster-rays up to 72 /t long. 

 Sterrasters up to 133 /n long. 



Northwestern Pacific. Japan; off Honshu Island. "Albatross" Station 

 3758. 



Geodia reniformis Tmiele. 

 Zoologica, 1898, 24, p. 9, plate 1, fig. .3, plate 6, fig. 5a4i. Lendenfeld, Tierreich, 1903, 19, p. 108. 



Kidney shaped. Dry : light brown. 



Large chounosomal amphioxes: 3.3 mm. by 45 /z. Minute dermal amphioxes: 

 170 p. long. Orthotriaenes: rhabdome 2.8 mm. by 90 /i; clades 500-600 /( long. 

 Mesoprockides: mostly triaene, rarely diaene; rhabdome 1.5 mm. by 25/;; clades 



