32 



Farven. 



Farven er næsten hvid. spillende yderst svagt i det 

 blege Rosenrøde. 



Findested. 



Station 192. 4 Exemplarer, hvoraf 3 ere Hunner. 



Artskarakter. 



Zoanthodemet indtil 30""" høit. Basaldelen skivefor- 

 migt udvidet. Stammen er tyk, smalner successivt af mod 

 Toppen, der deler sig i 5 — 8 Grene, og er lige fra Basal- 

 delen til Toppen tæt besat med korte, tykke Grene, der 

 næsten ganske dække Stammen, ende kølleforniigt og ere 

 rige paa Polyper. Disse ere 4— b mm lange med buget 

 Forkrop, forsynet med 8 Længderibber, adskilte ved lige- 

 saa mange Furer, og en kort Bagkrop, der er fattig paa 

 Spikier. Tentaklerne ere omtrent 2 mm lange med Spikier 

 paa deres aborale Flade. Pinnulerne uden Spikier. Polyp- 

 cellerne ere runde, vel adskilte og nedsænkede i Coenen- 

 chymet. Paa Basaldelen væsentligst Dobbeltstjerner. Paa 

 Stammen sammensatte Stjerner og særegne Dobbeltstjerner. 

 Paa Polypkroppen hovedsakelig Spindler og Køller. Paa 

 Svælgrøret 4 Længderækker Spikier. Farven næsten hvid, 

 spillende lidt i det Røde. 



Væringia capitata, n. sp. 



Tab. XXI. Fig. 1. 



Zoanthodemet indtil 15™" høit. Basaldelen skive- 

 formigt udvidet, tynd men fast og læderagtig, furet efter 

 Længden og stærkt inkrusteret af Kalk. Stammen, om- 

 trent 25 mra i Omkreds ved Grunden, beholder sin Tykkelse 

 til op imod Toppen, der deler sig i 3 Grene, og er lidt 

 furet paalangs, temmelig blød, men rig paa Kalk. Ligefra 

 Grunden og til Toppen er Stammen rundtom tæt besat 

 med Grene , som slutte sig tæt til Stammen, Tab. XXI, 

 Fig. 1. Grenene ere korte, tykke og udvide sig kugle- 

 formigt i Enden, der væsentlig bærer Polyperne, imedens 

 de nærmest Stammen ere nøgne, Fig. 1. 2. Paa enkelte 

 Grene sees isolerede Polyper at udgaa fra den indre Del 



length and from 0.016—0.028""" in breadth (figs. 

 82. 83). 



Colour. 



The colour is almost white, shading extremely faintly 

 towards pale rose-red. 



Habitat. 



Station No. 192. Four specimens, of which 3 are 



females. 



Specific characteristics. 



The Zoanthodem measures up to 30™'" in height. 

 The basal part discoidally dilated. The stem thick, dimi- 

 nishing in thickness, gradually, towards the summit, which 

 ramifies into 5 — 8 branches; the entire height from the 

 basal part to the summit closely beset with short, thick 

 branches which almost quite cover the stem; these bran- 

 ches terminate in subclaviform, and are richly furnished 

 with polyps. The polyps measure 4 — & mm in length, have 

 a bulging anterior body furnished with 8 longitudinal ribs 

 separated by a similar number of grooves, and a short 

 posterior body poorly furnished with spicules. The ten- 

 tacles measure about 2 mm in length, and have spicules on 

 their aboral surface. The pinnules devoid of spicules. 

 The polyp-cells cylindrical, well-separated, and depressed 

 in the sarcosoma. Bistellate spicules in the basal part 

 principally. On the stem, complex steljates and peculiar 

 bistellates. On the polyp-body, fusees and subclavates 

 principally. On the gullet-tube four longitudinal series of 

 spicules. Colour almost white, shading a little towards red. 



Væringia capitata, n. sp. 



PI. XXI. Fig. 1—28. 



The Zoanthodem measures up to 15""" in height. 

 The basal part is discoidally dilated, and thin, but it is hard 

 and coriaceous, and is grooved longitudinally, and strongly 

 encrusted with calcium. The stem measures about 2h mm 

 in circumference at the base, retaining its thickness till near 

 the summit which ramifies into 3 branches, and is slightly 

 furrowed, longitudinally; it is pretty soft although rich in 

 calcium. Right from the base and up to the summit, the 

 stem is, round about it, closely beset with branches which 

 lie close in to the stem (fig. 1). The branches are short 

 and thick, and they dilate at the extremities in spheri-form, 

 the extremity being principally occupied by polyps, whilst 



