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4- Lobophytum pauciflorum Ehrb. 
For descriptions see: 
KLUNZINGER, Korallthiere des rothen Meeres, 1877, p. 29, 1 fig. 
MARENZELLER, Zool. Jahrb. I, 1877, p. 366, I fig. 
PRATT, Fauna and Flora of Maldives, II, 1903, p. 515, 4 figs. 
Stat. 37. Sailus Ketjil, Paternoster-Islands. 27 M. and less. Coral and coral sand. I Ex. 
Stat. 58. Savu. Reef. 1 Ex. 
A large yellow brown colony, with a length of 17.5 cm., a breadth of 6 cm., and a 
height of 6.8 cm. The mode of growth is well shown in Miss Pratt’s figure : a massive sterile 
portion leads to a lobed capitulum, the lobes being continued towards the centre with an upper 
contour somewhat cockscomb-like (as mentioned by May for L. crassuni) and with deep valleys 
between. The autozooids are very distinct and there are as many as 9 to a centimetre, though 
in the centre they may be as much as 3 mm. apart. The siphonozooids are numerous and visible 
to the naked eye; three to six may occur between two autozooids. The predominant spicules 
are compact, somewhat cask-like, blunt-ended ovals with zones of compound warts, sometimes 
with a hint of a waist. Besides these there are warty spindles and small rough clubs, all as 
figured by Marenzeller. A small specimen from Savu shows the same spicules. 
We must note, however, that the separation of L. pazicijloi'tim from the varieties of 
L. crasszim is very difficult and far from satisfactory. We are basing our identification on the 
predominance of the cask-like spicules and the relative fewness of sparsely warted spindles. 
Previously recorded from Andaman Islands, Tonga Island, Maldives, Red Sea, Ceylon, 
New Zealand, Moluccas, etc. 
Genus Anthomastus. 
1. Azithomashis agaricus Studer. 
For description see: STUDER, Alcyonaires provenant des campagnes de l’Hirondelle, XX, 
1901, p. 27, 3 figs. 
Stat. 18. 7°28 / .2S., 115 0 2466 E. 1018 M. Fine grey mud. 5 Ex. 
Five specimens of this species from Station 18 at 1018 fathoms agree perfectly with 
Studer’s description and figures. The largest has a height of 6.4 cm. From an expanded basal 
disc the flattened trunk portion, 5X2 mm. at the base^ gradually widens till it terminates in 
the oval polyp-bearing disc which has a maximum diameter of 1.9 cm. The disc is covered in 
the centre with numerous small siphonozooids and bears round the margin 8 large autozooids. 
These are all expanded but in a shrivelled state of preservation. The most fully expanded has 
a length of 7 mm. and a breadth of 2.7 mm. The colour of the specimens is deep red shading 
into pink towards the base of the trunk. 
In one of the smaller specimens, with a height of 3.4 cm., all the polyps are contracted 
within the disc which has diameters of 1.7 and 1.4 mm. 
The spicules of the stem and disc include : 
(a) small double stars, pinkish in colour; average dimensions are 0.08 X 0.05 mm.; 
{ b ) short stout spindles generally with blunt ends and covered with very low simple prominences ; 
A common size is 0.12 x0.04 mm. These are colourless or faintly pink. 
