. The crinoids of the Indian Ocean. Crinoidea. 228 ECHINODERMA OF THE INDIAN MuSKUM, PART VII. median concavity (in lateral view); no trace of dorsal spines or of overlap; the cirri become somewhat compressed in the distal two-thirds and therefore appear very slightly broader in lateral view; opposing spine represented by a slight tubercle, terminally situated, which may be obsolete. Scattered calcareous granules are present along the disk ambulacra, and sinf'le perisomic interradial plates may be present between the TBr, as in Antedoii Fig. 42.—Mastigomelta microp Lateral view of the


. The crinoids of the Indian Ocean. Crinoidea. 228 ECHINODERMA OF THE INDIAN MuSKUM, PART VII. median concavity (in lateral view); no trace of dorsal spines or of overlap; the cirri become somewhat compressed in the distal two-thirds and therefore appear very slightly broader in lateral view; opposing spine represented by a slight tubercle, terminally situated, which may be obsolete. Scattered calcareous granules are present along the disk ambulacra, and sinf'le perisomic interradial plates may be present between the TBr, as in Antedoii Fig. 42.—Mastigomelta microp Lateral view of the type. Radials even with the edge of the centrodursal; IBr, very short, five or six times as broad as long, of uniform height, not quite in apposition basally, the lateral edges diverging distally; I Br, triangular, about half again as broad as long, the anterior angle somewhat produced, the proximal border as long as the proximal edge of tlie I Br,. Ten arms, ])robal)]y about sO mm. long, tlieii' structure being the same as of .1/. /lii//(/l/fi:m. The distal intersyzygial interval is three oblique muscu- lar Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Clark, Austin Hobart, 1880-1954; Indian Museum. Calcutta, Printed by order of the Trustees


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