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agrees with the general type. The spines are 180 a and iio a long, and their mutual distance 
is 450—475 p. 
var. longispina var. n. 
Stat. 318. 6°36'.5S., ii4°55'-5E. 88 M. Fine, yellowish grey mud. 3 spec. 
The colonies, entirely or partly spiral, with an increasing diameter in the basal part, 
are max. 23 cm. long and their shape agrees with the general type. 
There are always 6 longitudinal rows of spines, on one colony sometimes 5 or 7, 
alternating in a quincunx; the spines are very long and the length is 375—600 p with the 
long spines, and 180 — 225 p with the short ones. The mutual distance is also very great, viz. 
350—750 p, usually over 600 p. Characteristic for this variety is, beside the length of the 
spines, their shape which was also present in some specimens of var. asperispina (fig. 120). 
They are very long, slender, curved distally (especially the top, which may become parallel to 
the axis), granulated except at the base of the spine (fig. 176 zz). 
In the top-part of the colony the spines are much shorter and 
they have a smooth surface (fig. 176^). The short spines at 
the opposite side of the axis are shaped as the short ones 
of fig. 120, straight and distally inclined. — The length of 
the spines does not diminish regularly from the base of the 
colony towards the top, but a part where the shorter spines 
occur is sometimes followed by a part with increasing length 
of spines; so their growth is very irregular. — On one of 
the colonies branched spines are found (fig. 176 a), which are 
antler-shaped; this type is very much like the beginning of 
the highly branched spines of Antipathella rugosa T. & S. 
(= Euantipathes rztgosa T. & S.), except that the latter spines 
are at riofht angles with the axis. 
The polyps are of the same type as fig. 130; their 
interpolypar distance is 1.5 — 3.75 mm., but it is not impossible that the greater distance is to 
be explained by the interpolating of young polyps between the adult ones; as the polyps are 
rather badly preservated, it is possible that the young polyps are invisible, so that the inter¬ 
polypar distance looks too large. 
Stat. 50. Bay of Badjo, Flores. Up to 40 M. Mud, sand and shells. 1 spec. 
This colony, without polyps, completely agrees in shape of stem and spines with the 
colonies of the first group (station 318). 
There are 5 longitudinal rows of spines; length of the spines: 330 p and 150 p; mutual 
distance 525 — 550 p. In the higher part of the colony the length of the spines diminishes 
so much that the spines on one side of the axis disappear entirely on part of the stem. 
Stat. 313. Saleh-bay, East of Dangar Besar. Up to 36 M. Sand, coral and mud. 2 spec. 
Both specimens have a spiral stem of the normal type. The spines on part of the colonies 
on the base of a colony; b on its top; 
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