. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 266 BULLETIN 75, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. longer than wide again. Side arm plates moderate, not meeting either above or below; each plate carries six or seven long, slender, acute, thorny spines, of which the lowest is very small, while the uppermost or next is longest and at base of arm may equal fully four joints. Tentacle pores very large, each with a single small tentacle scale which may be lacking on the first one or two joints. Color (dried from alcohol), light wood-brown, disk spines, arm spines, and keel on upper arm plates whi
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 266 BULLETIN 75, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. longer than wide again. Side arm plates moderate, not meeting either above or below; each plate carries six or seven long, slender, acute, thorny spines, of which the lowest is very small, while the uppermost or next is longest and at base of arm may equal fully four joints. Tentacle pores very large, each with a single small tentacle scale which may be lacking on the first one or two joints. Color (dried from alcohol), light wood-brown, disk spines, arm spines, and keel on upper arm plates white in marked Fig. 132.—Ophiothrix eusteiea. x O, FROM above; 6, FROM BELOW; C, SIDE VIEW OF TWO ARM JOINTS NEAR DISK. Locality.—Ousima, Japan, William Stimpson, collector, 2 specimens. Type.—Cat. No. 3319, , from Ousima. There can be no question about the distinctness of this beautiful species which has lain unnamed for half a century, in the collections of the National Museum. The few, long, white arm spines, the long under arm plates, and the long, strongly keeled upper arm plates are striking features apart from the characters of the disk. It seems strange that such a handsome and noticeable species should have so long awaited description, and it is also rather remarkable that no. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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