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Bathypatlies patula Br. var. plenispina Br. Brook, Chall. Report. Antipatharia 1889, pg. 152, 
PL V, fig. 5; A. THOMSON, Report Oil the Antipatharia (Scottish Antarctic Exp.). Proc. 
R. Phys. Soc. Ed. 1904— 1905, Vol. XVI, part I. 
Bathypatlies alternata Br. BROOK, Chall. Report. Antipatharia, 1889, pg. 153, PI. IX, figs. 7—10. 
Bathypatlies erotevia Sch. ScHULTZE, Valdivia, 1902, Bd. Ill, Lief. 2. Die Antipatharien der 
deutschen Tiefsee-Exp. 1898 — 1899, pg. 98, Taf. XIII, fig. 3; Taf. XIV, figs. 9 and 13. 
Stat. 74. 5°3 / .5S., ii9°o / E. Makassar Straits. 450 M. Globigerina ooze. 2 spec. 
Stat. 88. o° 34 .6 N., ii9 0 8'.5E. Makassar Straits. 1301 M. Fine grey mud. 1 spec. 
Stat. 1 1 9. i° 33 V 5 N., i24°4i'E. Celebes Sea. 1901 M. Stony bottom. 1 spec. 
Stat. 2 1 1. 5°4o'.7S., i20°45 / .5 E. Banda Sea. 1158M. Coarse grey mud. 1 spec. 
Stat. 214. 6° 30'S., I2I°55'E. Banda Sea. 2796 M. Grey and green mud. 2 spec. 
or 
The specimen of station 88 has a very slightly curved stem; the height is 14 cm.; the 
top is not intact, but apparently only a little piece was snapped off. There are eight pairs ot 
branches, which are in the left row 1.25 mm. higher inserted than in the right row (viewing 
the colony from that aspect where the planes of the two rows make an acute angle). The 
length of the branches is (to begin with the lowest) in the right row: 6.5; 8.25; 9.5; 8.5; 
6-5 1 (2.25); (0.75); (0.35) cm., 1 ) and in the left row: 7; 7.5; (6); (6.75); (5); (2); 7.35; 
2.75 cm. The angle between the branches of one pair is for the I st pair 45 0 ; 2 nd pair: 35 0 , 
but for the following pairs this value gradually increases to 90° by the 8 th pair. All branches 
are curved downwards, after having a distal direction with an angle of 6o° with the stem. The 
distance between the branches in the same row is ± 9 mm. The base of the stem is fixed to 
a piece of bark by an elliptical black dilation (axes: 2 and 1.5 cm.). The diameter of the base 
is 770 p, by the first branch 690 p, where a slight increase of diameter is observed, and 
diminuates regularly to the top (275 p). The basal diameter of the 
branches is in the right row: 345 p, 385 p, 470 p, 427 p, 415 p, 
385 p, 288 p, 220 p, and in the left row: 330 p, 385 p, 470 p, 
440 p, 415 p, 385 p, 275 p, 220 p, and diminishes gradually 
towards the top of the branches. 
There are no polyps on this specimen. — The base of the 
colony is mainly smooth and has only sporadical little knobs. Half¬ 
way the unbranched part of the stem there are already regular 
longitudinal rows of spines but they are very low and blunt, at the 
utmost: 30 p. On the branched part of the stem the spines are 
also smooth and small but more acute (fig. 4 a ); there are four 
longitudinal rows, so far asunder that a quincunxial arrangement is 
not conspicuous; the distance between the spines is (180-—) 225 p. 
There is no difference in length between the spines of different 
sides of the axis. — On the branches (fig. 4 6 ) these conditions 
are the same but the quincunx is better visible, although deviations 
occur through the varying distance of the spines. On the younger parts of the branches the 
spines are longer and the longest spines stand on the convex side of the branch; length 
"-6 
c 
c? 
Fig. 4. Etibathy-pathespaticla^ Br.) em. 
a Spines on the stem: b spines on 
opposite sides of a branch; r, d spines 
on the top-part of a branch; a, 
f, d 52 X- 
1) The numbers between brackets indicate that the branch is broken. 
