. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. fes^ Fig. 20. Amphhira da Cunhae, Part of oral side («) and dorsal side (6). X22'5. The species has separate sexes, but the eggs are rather large, so it is not improbable that it will prove to be viviparous. There is only one female gonad at each bursa, placed interradially; two male gonads, likewise at the interradial side of the genital slit. It seems evident that this species is closely related to the South African A. albella, Mortensen, from which it is distinguished mainly by the more
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. fes^ Fig. 20. Amphhira da Cunhae, Part of oral side («) and dorsal side (6). X22'5. The species has separate sexes, but the eggs are rather large, so it is not improbable that it will prove to be viviparous. There is only one female gonad at each bursa, placed interradially; two male gonads, likewise at the interradial side of the genital slit. It seems evident that this species is closely related to the South African A. albella, Mortensen, from which it is distinguished mainly by the more scale-covered ventral interradii. Perhaps it should rather be designated only as a variety of the South African species. Because of the very scanty material as yet available of both (only two specimens of ^. albella are known, from off Durban) I think it preferable to regard them, for the present at least, as two distinct species. The present species seems also to be nearly related to A. Richardi, Koehler; but Jl. Richardi is a much larger form, some 10 mm. in diameter of disk, whereas A. da Cunhae is full grown (at least fully mature) at a size of 3 mm. diameter. Amphiura Eugeniae, Ljungman Amphiura Eugeniae, Ljungman, 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia hue usque congnita. Ofvers. K. Vetenskaps-Akad. Forhandl., 1866, p. 318. A. Eugeniae, Ludwig, 1899. Ophiuroideen Hamburger Magalh. Sammelreise, p. 8. A. Eugeniae, H. L. Clark, 1915. Cat. Recent Ophiurans, p. 225, pi. iv, figs. 9, 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 Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain; Great Britain. Colonial Office. Discovery Committee. London ; New York : Cambridge University Press
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