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Paa Kroppen forekommer væsentligt Spindler; ind- 

 imellem dem sees hist og lier Klabber eller Koller. 

 Spindlerne ere dels lige, dels mere eller mindre kramme; 

 de lige ere takkede med tilspidsede Ender; de kramme ere 

 hyppigst og forekomme snart i S Form, snart i Baadform ; 

 de ere meget takkede; paa enkelte ere Takkerne saa store, 

 at de faa Bladform , men overalt ere Spindlerne over- 

 stroede med fine Kalkkorn; de ere fra 0.300—0.360""" 

 lange, fra 0.024—0.046'"'" brede, Fig. 22. 23. 24. Klub- 

 berne ere ogsaa tildels noget krummede, forsynede med 

 Takker og fine Kalkkorn; de ere 0.180""" lange, 0.056""" 

 brede i den tykke Ende, Fig. 25. 



Paa Tentaklerne træffes omtrent lignende takkede 

 Spindler som paa Kroppen, men foraden dem findes paa 

 den øverste Del af Tentaklernes aborale Side mindre, paa- 

 tversliggende, temmelig flade, i Panelene stærkt indskaarne 

 Spilder, der ere fra 0.056—0.112""" lange og fra 0.032— 

 0.060""" brede, Fig. 26. 27. 28. 



Paa Svælgrøret, der er meget fattigt paa Spilder, 

 ligge de i to aregelmæssige Pækker og dannes dels af 

 enkelte Firlinger, dels af mere eller mindre flade, takkede, 

 særegne, sammensatte Spindler, Fig. 4. 



Farven. 



Gul. 



Findested. 



Station 224. Et fuldvoxent og et Par unge Exem- 

 plarer, siddende paa Area glacialis. 



Station 267. 5 Exemplarer, hvoraf enkelte siddende 

 paa Pør af Tubularia imperialis. 



Station 275. Mange Exemplarer. 



Artskarakter. 



Zoanthodemet indtil 15""" høit, Basaldelen skive- 

 formigt udvidet, tynd, men fast, læderagtig. Stammen 

 næsten lige tyk overalt, omtrent 25""" i Omkreds ved 

 G-randen, deler sig i Toppen i 3 Girene, er lidt faret paa- 

 langs, blød, men rig paa Kalk og lige fra Granden og 

 til Toppen rundtom tæt besat med tætsluttende Grene. 

 Disse ere tykke, korte, uclvidende sig kugleformigt i Enderne, 



it measures 0.232""" in length, 0.172'""' in breadth 

 at the extremities, and 0.120""" in breadth at the middle 

 (fig. 21). 



On the body, fusees are the form of most frequent 

 occurence, and between these, there are seen, here and 

 there, clavates, or subclavates. The fusees are, sometimes 

 straight, sometimes more or less bent; the straight ones 

 are spicate, and have acuminated extremities; the bent ones 

 are the most frequent, and appear often in S-form, often 

 cymbiform; they are very spicate and, in a few, the spikes 

 are so large, as to acquire the! foliform, but the fusees 

 are, everywhere, overstrewed with minute calcareous gran- 

 nules; they measure from 0.300 — 0.360""" in length, 

 and from 0.024—0.046'""' in breadth (figs. 22. 23. 24). 

 The clavates are, also, occasionally, somewhat bent, and 

 are furnished with spikes and minute calcareous grannules; 

 they measure 0.180""" in length, and 0.056""" in breadth 

 at the thick extremity (fig. 25). 



On the tentacles, nearly similar spicate fusees to 

 those of the body are met with, but, besides them, there 

 are found on the uppermost part of the aboral side of 

 the tentacles, smaller, transversally-placed, rather flat, spi- 

 cules, strongly indented in the margins; they measure from 

 0.056—0.112'""' in length, and from 0.032—0.060""" in 

 breadth (figs. 26. 27. 28). 



On the gullet-tube, which is very poor in spicules, 

 the spicules are placed in two irregular series, and con- 

 sist of, partly, a few quadruplets, and partly, of, more or 

 less flat, spicate, peculiar, complex stellates (fig. 4). 



Colour. 



The colour is yellow. 



Habitat. 



Station No. 224. One full-grown, and a couple of 



young specimens seated on Area 



glacialis. 

 Station No. 267. Five specimens, of which some 



seated on tubes of Tubularia 



imperialis. 

 Station No. 275. Many specimens. 



Specific characteristics. 



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

 The basal portion discoidally dilated, thin, but hard and 

 coriaceous. The stem, almost uniform in thickness through- 

 out, measures about 25""" in circumference at the base. 

 ramifies at the summit into 3 branches, is a little fur- 

 rowed longitudinally, soft, bat rich in calcium, and is, right 

 from the base to the summit, beset round about it. with 



