. Fig. 28. Ophionereis sexradia, Part of oral side {a) and dorsal side {b). -20. recorded a small specimen of Ophionereis reticulata from " Westafrika". It appears, however, that there must be some error in regard to this specimen. The locality given for it, 0° 7' N, 23"^ 25' W, is about in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in very great depths. That an Ophionereis reticulata (or any other Ophionereis) should occur here may well be said to be out of the question, and the label of this specimen must evidently be wrong. If Ophionereis reticulata does actually occur off West A
. Fig. 28. Ophionereis sexradia, Part of oral side {a) and dorsal side {b). -20. recorded a small specimen of Ophionereis reticulata from " Westafrika". It appears, however, that there must be some error in regard to this specimen. The locality given for it, 0° 7' N, 23"^ 25' W, is about in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in very great depths. That an Ophionereis reticulata (or any other Ophionereis) should occur here may well be said to be out of the question, and the label of this specimen must evidently be wrong. If Ophionereis reticulata does actually occur off West Africa it is rather strange that it has not hitherto been met with there. At any rate, Ophionereis sexradia is the first species of Ophionereis that has been actually found to occur on the West African coast. Ophionereis novae-zelandiae, St. 934. 17. viii. 32. 34° 11' S, 172° 10' E, Cook Strait, New Zealand, 98 m. 1 specimen. Diameter of disk 4 mm.; arms ca. 30 mm. long, thus some seven to eight times the diameter of disk. Scales of the dorsal side of disk rather coarse, uniform; the primary plates are small, but distinct, and form a fairly conspicuous rosette. The radial shields are small, oval.
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