i 9 7 
2. Wrightella superba Klikenthal. (Plate II, Figs, i and 3 ; Plate XXV, P'ig. 7). 
For description see: KUKENTHAL, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Tiefsee Exp. XIII, 1919 p. 172. 
NUTTING, Gorgonacea of Siboga-Exped. XIII b 5 , 1911, p. 52. 
Stat. 240. Banda. Reef. 
A small fragment of this striking species from Banda shows the end of a branch with 
two internodes, each about 8 mm. in length, arising dichotomously from a node. Each of these 
forks again at the tip, the smallest twig reaching a length of only 3 mm. It agrees well with 
Kukenthal’s and Nutting’s descriptions. The calyces are somewhat smaller, however, very low 
and with a maximum diameter of 9 mm. They thickly cover the yellow branches on three 
sides, and show a conspicuous red colour. The polyps are all withdrawn. The armature of the 
polyp shows a collaret of 3—4 rows of spindles, from which arise 8 points of one pair of spindles 
in chevron. Above these the tentacle bears a mass of small rough platelets (Stachelplatten). 
The spiculation agrees in every respect with the former descriptions, the small foliated types 
which arise from a very short base and resemble a closed bud, being the most characteristic. 
Previously recorded from Malay Archipelago and by Nutting from Banda, Kei islands, 
and Station 282. 
Genus Acabaria. 
1. Acabaria formosa Nutting. 
For description see: NUTTING, Gorgonacea of Siboga-Exp. XHIb 5 , 1911, p. 46, 3 figs. 
Stat. 240. Banda. Reef. 
Fragments of a bright yellow colour, with the red axis showing through, agree entirely 
with Nutting’s description and figures. 
Previously recorded by Nutting, Siboga Station 240, Banda, 9—45 fathoms. 
2. Acabaria ramulosa Klikenthal. 
For description see: KUKENTHAL, Alcyonarien Aru- und Kei-Inseln, Abh. Senckenberg. Nat. 
Ges., XXXIII, 1911, 7 figs. 
Stat. 105. 6°8 / N., 121 0 19'E. 275 M. Coral bottom. 1 Ex. 
A fragment of a colony, with slender branches, of a warm cream colour, 4.6 cm. by 
2.8 cm., agrees well with Kukenthal’s A. ramulosa. Thus the specimen is branched in one 
plane; the branches arise at acute angles both from nodes and internodes; the polyps occur 
in lateral rows and have prominent calyces; the spicules are practically the same, e. g. curved 
and arcuate spindles, with warts sometimes rising into fangs, warty pseudo-clubs derived from 
the spindle type, almost smooth rodlets from the swollen nodes. 
In contrast, however, to Kukenthal’s description, there is no anastomosis on this fragment. 
Previously recorded from Aru Islands. 
