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Findested. 



Station No. 267. Et' større og et mindre Exemplar. 



Slægtskarakter. 



Zoanthodemet trædannet. Stammen haard, furet, fra 

 Grunden og til Toppen rundtom tæt besat med haarde, 

 stive, lappede, kolbeformede Grene, der slutte sig tæt til 

 hverandre og overalt rigt forsynede med Polyper. Basal- 

 clelen haard, læderagtig, skiveformigt udvidet. Saavel denne 

 som Stammen og Grenene rige paa Spikier. Polyperne 

 retraktile, cylindriske, rige paa Spikier. Tentaklerne om- 

 trent halvt saa lange som Polypkroppen og hele deres 

 aborale Side spikelrig. Zooicler overalt paa Stammen og 

 Grenene. Polypsvælget forsynet med Spikier. 



Artskarakter. 



Zoanthodemet indtil 35'"'" høit. Stammen rund, 

 haard, furet paalangs. omtrent 40""" i Omkreds ved Grun- 

 den, aftagende successivt lidt i Tykkelse op til Toppen, 

 hvor den deler sig i 3—4 Grene og er fra Grunden. og 

 til den øverste Ende rundtom tæt besat med kolbeformede, 

 lappede, haarde Grene, der overalt ere rigt forsynede 

 med Polyper. Grenene slutte tæt til hverandre, dække 

 næsten ganske Stammen. Basaldelen haard, læderagtig, 

 skiveformigt udvidet. Polyperne cylindriske med en temme- 

 lig kort Bagkrop, Overalt paa Stammen og Grenene 

 Zooider, samt Nematocyster paa hele Zoanthodemet. 

 Spiklerne paa Basaldelen danne almindeligst Dobbeltstjerner 

 og sammensatte Stjerner; paa Stammen og Grenene ere 

 sammensatte Stjerner, bladede Klubber og Bosetter hyp- 

 pigst, og paa Polyperne ere lange, krumme og lige, 

 takkede Spindler, samt takkede Tapper sædvanligst. Earven 

 gul, spillende lidt i det Brune. 



Fulla 1 Schiertzi 2 , n. g. et sp. 



Tab. X. 



Zoanthodemet er 65— 70 mm høit. Basaldelen er noget 

 udvidet, svampet. Stammen, der er næsten rund og furet 

 paalangs, er ved Grunden 30— 35""" i Omkreds, men af- 



1 Fulla, Friggas Terne, en af Asynierne. 



2 Arten er opkaldt . efter Frantz Schiertz, der var Maler paa 

 Expeditionen. 



Habitat. 



Station No. 267. One largish and one small specimen. 



G-eneric characteristics. 



The Zoanthodem arborescent. The stem hard, grooved ; 

 from its base to the summit, beset, round about it, 

 with hard, stiff, lobate, clavate-formed branches that close 

 compactly in to each other, and are, everywhere, richly 

 beset with polyps. The basal part, hard, coriaceous, and 

 discoidally dilated. It. as well as the stem and the bran- 

 ches, is rich in spicules. The polyps retractile, cylin- 

 drical, and rich in spicules. The tentacles about half the 

 length of the body of the polyp, and their entire aboral 

 side richly furnished with spicules. On the stem and the 

 branches, Zooids everywhere. The gullet of the polyp fur- 

 nished with spicules. 



Specific characteristics. 



The Zoanthodem measures up to 35""" in height. 

 The stem cylindrical, hard, longitudinally grooved, and 

 •measures about 40'" m in circumference at the base, dimi- 

 nishing, gradually, a little in thickness up towards the 

 summit, at which point it ramifies into 3—4 branches; 

 it is beset, round about it, from its base to its upper- 

 most extremity, with clavate-formed, lobate, hard branches, 

 which are, everywhere, furnished with polyps. The bran- 

 ches close compactly together and almost quite cover 

 the stem. The basal part hard, coriaceous, and discoidally 

 dilated. The polyps cylindrical, Avith a rather short posterior 

 body. On the stem and the branches, Zooids every where, 

 also, over the entire Zoanthodem, nematocysts. The spicules 

 of the basal part form, most frequently, bistellates and 

 complex steiktes; on the stem and the branches, complex 

 stellates, foliaceous clavates, and rosettes, are most frequent; 

 and, in the polyps, long, bent or straight, spicate fusees, 

 and spicate cones are the most frequent. Colour: yellow, 

 shading a little to brown. 



Fulla 1 Schiertzi 2 , n. g. et sp. 



Plate X. 



The Zoanthodem measures 65 — 70""" in height. 

 The basal part is somewhat expanded and spongy. The 

 stem is almost cylindrical, and is longitudinally grooved ; it 



1 Fulla, Frigga's handmaiden, one of the Asyns. 



2 The species is named after Frantz Schiertz, the artist ac- 

 companying the Expedition. 



