. The Danish Ingolf-expedition. Marine animals -- Arctic regions; Scientific expeditions; Arctic regions. 26 HYDROIDA below the polyp. The polyp wears a basal whorl of 20-35 tentacles up to 40 mm. long; the distal tentacles, up to 3 mm. long, are densely crowded round the orifice in a whorl consisting of several rows. The female gonophores are eumedusoid with 3—6 external longitudinal ribs and as many corresponding radial canals. The male gonophores are cryptomedusoid and oval, often with an attempt to be pointed in the distal part. The gonophores are born upon up to 20 blastostyles, which att
. The Danish Ingolf-expedition. Marine animals -- Arctic regions; Scientific expeditions; Arctic regions. 26 HYDROIDA below the polyp. The polyp wears a basal whorl of 20-35 tentacles up to 40 mm. long; the distal tentacles, up to 3 mm. long, are densely crowded round the orifice in a whorl consisting of several rows. The female gonophores are eumedusoid with 3—6 external longitudinal ribs and as many corresponding radial canals. The male gonophores are cryptomedusoid and oval, often with an attempt to be pointed in the distal part. The gonophores are born upon up to 20 blastostyles, which attain a length of 35 mm. The actinula larvae, when deliberated, wear filiform tentacles. Material: Between the Faroe Islands and the Shetlands, depth 505 fathoms. Tubularia rrgalis presents so many points of resemblance to Tubnlaria iiidivisa that the risk of confounding the two species is very easily incurred. As a general rule, the jfuU-grown polyps of Tn-. 200 m. _.». 600m. .«. 2000m. Text-fig. R. The occurence of Tuhularia regalis in the Northern Atlantic. biilaria regalis arc larger than tliose of Tubularia indivisa. But this is not the case in younger individuals of Tuhilaria regalis^ in which consequently the only certain distinguishing marks are pre- sented by the gonophores. The gonophores, indeed, are typical enough in the female individuals, but arc not very conspicuous in the male ones, esiDccially at earlier stages. The male gonophores of Tii- bularia regalis are oval, while those of Tubularia indivisa. are globular. It is evident from the diag- nosis of the species, that also Tubularia regalis presents a strong sexual dimorphism. The first who got aware of this fact, was vSwenander (1903), who accordingly pointed out that the female had been described as a different species Tubularia variabilis Bonne vie. Tibularia regalis is a form of true Arctic character, particularly occurring in the deeper parts of the cold area. In the seas far towards the no
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