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Stat. 96 (day). — Stat. 96 (night). — Stat. 98. — Stat. 110. — Stat. 136. — Stat. 141 (HENSEN 
vertical net, 1500 metres to surface). — Stat. 144. — Stat. 185 (HENSEN vertical net, 
1536 metres to surface). — Stat. 282. 
The furcal joints of this species are nearly three times longer than broad. The distal 
end of the inner margin terminates in a moderately strong tooth. 
Sapphirina angusta has been recorded from the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, 
and from the Mediterranean. 
2. Sapphirina auronitens Claus. 
Sapphirina auronitens Claus, 1863, p. 153. 
Sapphirina auronitens Giesbrecht, 1893, p. 619, pls. 4, 52 & 54. 
Sapphirina auronitens Steuer, 1898, p. 4. 
Sapphirina auronitens Cleve, 1901, p. 8. 
Sapphirina auronitens A. Scott, 1902, p. 419. 
Sapphirina auronitens Thompson & Scott, 1903, p. 287. 
Specimens of this species were obtained from the plankton collected at the following 
stations in the area traversed by the ‘Siboga’. 
Stat. 93. — Stat. 98. — Stat. 117°. — Stat. 172. — Stat. 185 (HENSEN vertical net, 1536 
metres to surface). — Stat. 193. — Stat. 203 (HENSEN vertical net, 1500 metres to sur- 
face. — Stat. 215%. 
Sapphirina auronitens is a moderately wide species with broadly oval furcal joints. Each 
joint is one and a half times longer than broad. The apex is rather pointed. 
This species has been recorded from the Mediterranean and Red Sea, and from various 
parts of the Indian Ocean. 
3. Sapphirina brcusprdata Giesbrecht. 
Sapphirina bicuspidata Giesbrecht, 1891, p. 479. 
Sapphirina bicuspidata Giesbrecht, 1893, p. 620, pls. 52 & 54. 
Sapphirina bicuspidata Steuer, 1898, p. 5. 
Sapphirina bicuspidata Thompson & Scott, 1903, p. 287. 
This species was represented in the plankton collected at the following stations in the 
Malay Archipelago. 
Stat. 16. — Stat. 165. — Stat. 172. — Stat. 184. — Stat. 185 (HENSEN vertical net, 1536 
metres to surface). — Stat. 186. — Stat. 204. — Stat. 217 (horizontal cylinder). — Stat. 
220 (surface). — Stat. 225. — Stat. 271. — Stat. 315. 
Sapphirina bicuspidata is a rather broadly oval species with wide furcal joints. The 
joints are about one and two-third times longer than broad. 
This Sapphirina has been recorded from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the 
Mediterranean, and from the Red Sea. 
4. Sapphirina darwint Haeckel. 
Sapphirina darwint Haeckel, 1864, p. 105, pls. 2 & 3. 
Sapphirina darwint Giesbrecht, 1893. p. 619, pls. 52 & 54. 
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