. Text-fig. 2. S. gerlachei («) Solitary form, lateral view. Length 27 mm. (i) Aggregate form, dorsal view. Length 17 mm. (From Van Beneden, 1913.) Note. The aggregate form shown here is atypical in lacking an anterior protuberance of the test; probably an artefact due to wear. Registration NUMBER. British Museum (Nat. Hist.), i960. i. Body proportions. Total length 63 mm., body length 56 mm., nucleus length 11 mm. Muscle-fibre number. 48 fibres in M. IV. Stolon. Stolon with one fully differentiated block of buds consisting of 174 blastozooids, each I mm. long. Evidence that one
. Text-fig. 2. S. gerlachei («) Solitary form, lateral view. Length 27 mm. (i) Aggregate form, dorsal view. Length 17 mm. (From Van Beneden, 1913.) Note. The aggregate form shown here is atypical in lacking an anterior protuberance of the test; probably an artefact due to wear. Registration NUMBER. British Museum (Nat. Hist.), i960. i. Body proportions. Total length 63 mm., body length 56 mm., nucleus length 11 mm. Muscle-fibre number. 48 fibres in M. IV. Stolon. Stolon with one fully differentiated block of buds consisting of 174 blastozooids, each I mm. long. Evidence that one block, at least, has already been released (see p. 25). Stolon extends for- ward to level of M. II-III. Allotype. A specimen of the aggregate form 23 mm. long taken in a i m. net towed obliquely (N looB) from 109 m. to the surface at Discovery station 1296, 69° o6-6' S., 131° 42-6' W. on i March 1934- Registration NUMBER. British Museum (Nat. Hist.), i960. Body proportions. Total length 34 mm., body length 23 mm., nucleus length 6 mm.
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