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staa i Grupper paa tykke, korte Smaagrene. Polyperne 

 ere cylinclriske, noget bredere i Eprkroppen, indtil 10»"» 

 lange og forsynede med 8 Længderibber. Tentaklerne ere 

 3—4""» lange; Pirmulerne ere temmelig korte, og begge 

 omgivne med Spilder paa deres aborale Elade. Svælget 

 har 2 Kækker Spilder paa hver Side; Ryg- og Bugside 

 ere uden Spikier. Hele Zoanthodemet er spikelrigt. Paa 

 Basaldelen er sammensatte Stjerner almindeligst ; paa 

 Stamme og Grene er Dobbeltstjernen og paa Polyperne 

 Spindel og Dobbeltstjernen de hyppigste . Spikelformer. 



Farven. 



Bleg gulrød. 



Findested 

 Station 124. 3 Exemplarer. 



Væringia dryopsis 1 , n. sp. 



Tab. XVII, Fig. 55—60. Tab. XVIII, Fig. 1—54. 



Zoanthodemet er indtil 50"™ høit. Stammen er om- 

 trent 30»"» høi, næsten lige tyk overalt, 28""» i Omfang ved 

 Grunden, furet paalangs, og fra dens øverste Ende udgaa 

 4 — 5 tykke, opretstaaende Grene, der danne ligesom 

 Kronen paa Stammen. Denne er for største Delen nøgen, 

 kun paa dens øverste Del, strax nedenunder Grenenes 

 Udspring, iagttages dels isolerede, dels smaa Grupper af 

 Polyper. Grenene ere indtil 12""" lange, 5 mm brede ved 

 deres Udspring, men udvide sig licit mod Enden og ere 

 overalt tæt besatte med Polyper, naar undtages den nederste 

 Del af deres undre Elade, der som oftest er nøgen, Tab. 

 XVII, Eig. 55. Basaldelen er fast, membranøs, meget 

 ud videt og omspæncler stundom' ganske de Gjenstande, 

 hvortil den er fæstet, saaledes som Tilfældet er med det 

 afbildede Exemplar, der aldeles omslutter et Stykke Rør af 

 Tubularia imperialis, og paa hvilket tillige sees en ung 

 Koloni, hvor endnu ingen Grene ere fremkomne, Eig. 55, a, 

 samt en liden Polyp, der visselig ganske nylig har sat sig 

 fast, Eig, 55, b. 



1 5?i>c = Egetræ. 



it, with thick, grooved branches, richly beset with pol- 

 yps, which, occasionally, are placed in groups, on 

 thick short branchlets. The polyps are cylindrical, and 

 somewhat broadest in the anterior body; they measure up 

 to 10""» in length, and are furnished with 8 longitudinal 

 ribs. The tentacles measure 3 — 4'"'" in length; the pin- 

 nules are pretty short; both are surrounded by spicules 

 on their aboral surfaces. The gullet has 2 series of spi- 

 cules on each side; the dorsal and ventral sides are 

 devoid of spicules. The entire Zoanthodem is rich in 

 spicules. In the basal part, complex stellates are most com- 

 mon; on the stems and branches, the bistellate is most 

 common; whilst, on the polyps the fusee and bistellate are 

 the most frequent spicular forms. 



Colour. 



Pale yellowish-red. 



Habitat. 



Station No. 124. 3 specimens. 



Væringia dryopsis 1 , n. sp. 



PI. XVII, figs. 55— GO. Pl. XVIII, figs. 1—54. 



The Zoanthodem measures up to 50""" in height, 

 The stem measures about 30""" in height, and is almost 

 uniform in thickness throughout, measuring 28'» OT in circum- 

 ference at the base. It is grooved longitudinally, and, 

 from its uppermost extremity, 4 to 5 thick, erect, branches 

 issue, forming, as it were, the corona of the stem. The 

 stem is, for the greater part, bare, and only in its upper- 

 most part, immediately under the roots of the branches, 

 are there observed, partly solitary, partly small, groups 

 of polyps. The branches measure up to 12""" in length, 

 and 5""" in breadth at the root, but- they become a little 

 broader towards the extremity, and are, everywhere, closely 

 beset with polyps, with the exception of the lowest part 

 of their inferior surface, which, most frequently, is bare, 

 (Pl. XVII, fig. 55). The basal part is hard, membranace- 

 ous, much dilated, and, occasionally, completely encompasses 

 the objects to which it is attached, as was the case with 

 the specimen illustrated; it completely encompasses a 

 portion of the tube of Tubularia imperialis upon which 

 there is, also, seen a young colony in which no branches 

 have yet appeared (Pl. XVII, fig. 55 a), also a small polyp 

 that, evidently, has quite lately attached itself (Pl. XVII 

 fig. 55, b). 



1 Spue = the oak. 



