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formigt udvidet. Kroppen cylindrisk, langstrakt, 48 Ten- 

 takler i 3 Rækker. Rørets Farve graabrun; Kroppens 

 kjødrød; Skivens og Tentaklernes rosenrød. 



PHELLIA ABYSS1COLA, Nob. 

 (Tab. 9, Fig. 3, 4). 



Kroppen er cylindrisk, omtrent ligesaa lang, som 

 tyk og beklædt overalt med en temmelig tyk Epidermis, 

 der er blød, ikke meget stærkt adhæreret til Legemet, og 

 indvævet med fint Sand og Ler (Fig. 3 a). I denne 

 Overhud opdages hist og her fine Aabninger, der svare til 

 smaa vorteformige Forhøininger (loop-holes, cinclides), som 

 findes i stor Mængde rundtom paa Kroppen; men som først 

 iagttages, naar Overhuden er fjernet, hvilket kan ske med 

 temmelig Lethed. Basaldelen er noget videre end den 

 øvrige Del af Kroppen, hvis øverste Rand er glat og af- 

 rundet. Skiven er plan og forsynet med 56 retractile, 

 lige lange Tentakler, der staa i to Rækker, — 28 i hver. 

 Munden er rundagtig, foldet. Farven: Overhuden er 

 graabrun, isprængt mørkere brune Pletter. Naar Over- 

 huden er borttagen, frembyder Kroppen en bleg Kjød- 

 farve. Skiven er mørk brunrød, forsynet med lysere 

 Striber, der udgaa fra Mundranden henimod de indre 

 Tentakler. Svælget og Maven har samme Farve, som 

 Skiven. De ydre Tentakler ere bleg-gulrøde, de indre 

 ere paa deres nederste Halvdel og paa hele den indre 

 Flade brunrøde, medens den |Flade, der vender til den 

 ydre Tentakelrad, er betydelig blegere. 



Af denne Art fandt vi to Exemplarer fæstede til 

 Stene i Korsfjorden paa 250 Favnes Dyb. 



AET S CH AEA CTEREN. 

 Overhuden tyk, løs, sandincrusteret, overalt fastvoxet 

 til Kroppen. Basaldelen lidet udvidet. Tentaklerne 56 i 

 to Rækker. Overhudens Farve graabrun med mørkere 

 Pletter. Kroppen bleg-kjødrød. Skiven mørk-brunrød 

 med lysere Striber. De ydre Tentakler bleg-gulrøde, de 

 indre brune ved Grunden og paa den indre Flade; men 

 blegere forøvrigt. 



Ved den engelske Kyst er der ifølge Gosse funden 4 

 Arter af Slægten Phellia, hvilke ere beskrevne af ham. — 

 Saavidt os bekjendt er der ved de norske Kyster ikke 

 tidligere fundet nogen Art, der kan henføres til denne 

 Slægt; men vi have Grund til at antage, at der i vor 

 Koralregion vil findes fiere, naar man først er bleven 

 opmærksom paa dem. 



The latter developed disc-like. The body cylindrical 

 elongated 48 tentacles in 3 rows. The color of the tube 

 greyish brown; that of the body carnation red; that of 

 the disc and tentacles rosy red. 



Zoanthidernes Familie har af de forskjellige Forfat- 

 tere været inddelt i flere Slægter, der stundom ere blevne 

 reducerede, stundom forøgede i Antal, alt eftersom der 

 har været tillagt Tilheftningsmaaden eller andre mindre 



PHELLIA ABYSSICOLA, Nob. 



(Tab. 9, fig. 3, 4). 



The body is cylindrical, about as long as it is thick 

 and covered everywhere with a rather thick epidermis 

 which is soft, not very strongly adhering to the bodv 

 and interwoven with fine sand and clay (fig. 3 a). In 

 this outer skin, we perceive minute openings here and 

 there corresponding to small wart-like elevations (loop- 

 holes, cinclides) which are found in great numbers round 

 about on the body, but which are only noticeable when 

 the epidermis is removed, which may easity be effected. 

 The basal part is somewhat broader than the other part 

 of the body, the upper margin of which is smooth and 

 rounded. The disc is plane, and furnished with 56 retrac- 

 tile, equally long tentacles standing in 2 rows, 28 in each. 

 The mouth is roundish and corrugated. The color of the 

 epidermis is greyish brown, speckled with darker brown 

 spots. When the epidermis is removed, the body exhibits 

 a pale carnation color. The disc is dark brown-red, with 

 lighter stripes proceeding from the oral margin towards 

 the inner tentacles. The æsophagus and the stomach 

 have the same color as the disc. The exterior tentacles 

 are pale yellowish red; the interior are on their lower 

 half, and on all the interior surface, brownish red; while 

 the surface which turns towards the outer row of ten- 

 tacles, is considerably paler. 



Of this species we found 2 specimens attached to 

 stones, in the Korsfjord at the depth of 250 fathoms, 



CHARACTERISTICS OF SPECIES. 



The epidermis thick, loose, incrusted with sand, every- 

 where connate with the body. The basal part a little 

 enlarged. The tentacles 56 in two rows. The color of 

 the epidermis, greyish brown with darker spots. The body 

 pale carnation. The disc, dark brown-red with lighter 

 stripes. The exterior tentacles, pale yellowish red; the 

 interior, brown at the base and on the inner surface, but 

 otherwise paler. 



On the English coast, there have been found, accord- 

 ing to Gosse, 4 species of the genus Phellia, which have 

 been described by him. So far as we know, there has 

 not previously been found on the Norwegian coasts any 

 species that can be referred to this genus; but we have 

 reason to presume that in our coral region, several 

 will be found, when once attention has been drawn to 

 them. 



The family of the Zoanthidæ has been by the various 

 authors divided into several genera, which sometimes have 

 been reduced, sometimes increased in number, accordingly 

 as more or less importance has been ascribed to the 



