Artskarakter. 
Stokken stiv, indtil 70”” lang. Rachis meget bred, 
kort. Stilken næsten dobbelt saa lang som Rachis, udvi- 
dende sig successivt opimod Rachis.  Ventralfladen forsy- 
net med en dyb Midtfure, i hvis Bund Kalkaxen skinner 
igjennem, og paa hvis tykke Rande findes 2—3 Rækker frem- 
Paa Dorsalfladen en mindre dyb og 
i 3 lidt uregelmæs- 
spillende lidt 1 det 
springende Zooider. 
kortere Fure. 
sige Rækker. 
Polyperne store, sidde 
Rachis svag brungul, 
Violette. Stilken hvidgul. Polyperne bleg violette. 
Umbellula encrinus, (Linné) Cuvier. 
Tab Wo VIK VIDE VWIIDL IDX, 2k, XU XU 
1753. Ellis. Clusterpolype. Philosoph. Transactions 
XLVIII, pag. 305. 
1753. Christopher Mylius. Beschreibung einer neuen 
eronliindischen Thierpflanze, mit 1 Taf. London. 
1755. Ellis. Hydra marina arctica. Natural history of 
the Corallines, pag. 96. London. 
1758. Linné. Isis encrinus. System. Nat. ed. IV, pag. 
800. 
1766. Pallas. Pennatula encrinus. Elench. Zooph. pag. 
355. 
1766. Elis & Zolander. Pennatula encrinus. Zooph. 
pag. 67. 
1767. Linné. Vorticella encrinus. Syst. Nat. ed. XII, 
pag. 1317 et Linné, Syst. Nat. ed. XIIT (Gme- 
lin) pag. 3867. 
1791. Esper. Vorticella encrinus. Pflanzenth. 1 Th. 
1798. Cuvier. Ombellula. Tableau élémentaire de Vhist. 
nat. pag. 675. 
1801. Lamarck.  Umbellularia gronlandica. Anim. s. 
WVertebr 1 Edit. Vol. IL, pag. 436. 2) Hd. 
Vol, 101, mo C70. 
1830. Blainville. Umbellularia encrinus. Dictionaire des 
Sciences Naturelles, Tome 60. 
1832. Ehrenberg. Umbellularia encrinus. Abhandl. d. 
Kk. Akad. d. Wissenschaften. Berlin 1832. 
1834. Blainville. Umbellularia encrinus. Manuel d’Acti- 
nologie, pag. 513. 
1847. Dana. Umbellularia grønlandica. Zoophytes, pag. 
598. 
1857. Milne-Edwards. Umbellularia encrinus. Histoire 
Naturelle des Coralliaires, Vol. I, pag. 216. 
Umbellularia gronlandica. 
Zooph. pag. 146. 
Regne anim. Cuv. 
13 
Specific Character. 
The stalk is-erect; up to 70”” long. The rachis very 
broad and short. The stem nearly twice as long as the 
rachis, and expanding, gradually, up towards the rachis. 
The ventral surface furnished with a deep mesial furrow, 
through whose bottom the calcareous axis becomes visible, 
and on whose margins, there are 2—3 series of protuber- 
On the dorsal surface, there is a less deep 
The polyps are large, and are situ- 
The rachis light 
ant zooids. 
and shorter furrow. 
ated in 3 somewhat irregular series. 
brownish-yellow, tending a little to violet. The stem 
whity-yellow. The polyps pale violet. 
Umbellula encrinus, (Linné) Cuvier. 
PL We VIL WIUE, WILL IDK, DG XL MA 
1753. Ellis.  OClusterpolype. Philosoph. Transactions 
XLVIII, pag. 305. 
1753. Christopher Mylius. Beschreibung emer neuen 
eronlindischen Thierpflanze, mit 1 Taf. London. 
1755. Ellis. Hydra marina arctica. Natural history of 
the Corallines, pag. 96. London. 
1758. Linné. Isis encrinus. System Nat. ed. IV, pag. 
800. 
1766. Pallas. Pennatula encrinus. Elench. Zooph. pag. 
399. 
1766. Ellis and Zolander. Pennatula encrimis. Zooph. 
pag. 67. 
1767. Linné.  Vorticella encrinus. Syst. Nat. ed. XII, 
pag. 1317 et Linné, Syst. Nat. ed. XIII (Gme- 
lin) pag. 3867. 
1791. Esper. Vorticella encrinus. Pflanzenth. 1 Th. 
1798. Cuvier. Ombellula. Tableau élémentaire de Vhist. 
nat. pag. 675. 
1801. Lamarck. Umbellulavia gronlandica. Anim. s. 
Vertebr. 1 Edit. Vol. Il, pag. 436. 2 Wd. 
Wok JUL, jee, GIT. 
1830. Blainville. Umbellularia encrinus. Dictionaire des 
Sciences Naturelles, Tome 60. 
1832. Ehrenberg. Umbellularia encrinus. Abhandl. d. 
K. Akad. d. Wissenschaften. Berlin 1832. 
1834. Blainville. Umbellularia encrinus. Manuel d’Actin- 
ologie, pag. 513. 
1847. Dana. Umbellularia gronlandicu. Zoophytes, pag. 
598. 
1857. Milne-Edwards.  Umbellularia encrinus. Histoire 
Naturelle des Coralliaires, Vol. I, pag. 216. 
Umbellularia grønlandica. Regne. anim. Cuv. 
Zooph. pag. 146. 
