PHILONEXIDiE ! PHILONEXIS. 
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* Two upper Pairs of Arms longest, free ; lower very small. 
1. Philonexis atlanticus. 
Body smooth, roundish, large. Head of moderate size, smooth. 
Eyes prominent, large, without eyelids. Water-bearing apertures 
two above. Arms slender, unequal ; in order, 1, 2, 4, 3; not 
webbed, except at the base. Cups peduncled. — White, spotted 
with red. 
Octopus (Philonexis) atlanticus D' Orb. Voy. Amer. Merid. Moll. 
19. t. 11. f. 1—4. 1835. 
Philonexis atlanticus D' Orb. Mon. Ceph. Acet. 98., Poulpes , t. 
16. f. 4, 5. 1838, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 203. 1845. 
P. Quoyianus, jun. ? U Orb. 1. c. 203. 
Hab . Atlantic Ocean, under the tropics. 
** The upper Pair of Arms very long , free ; rest short 
2. Philonexis Eglais. 
Body ovate, large ; skin thick, dilated, and covered all over with 
small rounded peduncled horny buttons which are divided into 
five or six equal regular lobes round a common centre. Head 
very small. Eyes prominent. Arms very unequal, and two 
upper arms very long ; order of length, 1, 2, 3, 4 ; inferior very 
short. — White ; back red spotted, above the eyes blue. 
Octopus (Philonexis) Eglais & Orb. Voy. Amer. Merid. Moll. 20. 
t. 1. f. 18. 14. 1835. 
Philonexis Eglais U Orb. Mon. Ceph. Acet. 102., Poulpes , t. 17. f. 
4, 5. 1838, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 204. 1845. 
Hab. North Atlantic Ocean. 
3. Philonexis microstomus. 
Body rounded, large, smooth, reddish. Head broad. Eyes very 
large, prominent. Arms smooth, short, very unequal, not 
webbed ; order of length, 1, 2, 4, 3 ; upper three times as long as 
lower. 
Octopus microstomus Regnaud , Mag. de Zool. 23. 1834. 
Philonexis microstomus IP Orb. Mon. Ceph. Acet. 101., Poulpes , t. 
10. f. 5. 1838, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 204. 1845. 
P. atlanticus, jun. ? D'Orb. 1, c. 205. 
Hab . North Atlantic Ocean. 
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