. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. ANTHOMEDUSAE 17 Neoturris pileata (Forskal 1775) 1913 Neoturris pileata Hartlaub, p. 326. Text-figs. 270-81. Occurrence: St. 1606. 31. x. 35. 26° 15' 48" S, 12= 18' E. Off Ichabo Island, South-West Africa. Net: TYFB 190-0 m. I specimen. The specimen is very large, 35 mm. in diameter and 34 mm. in heighit, the apical projection slightly developed. The free, distal portion of the radial canals is about 19 mm. in length, provided with lateral diverticula of uncommon length, some of them about
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. ANTHOMEDUSAE 17 Neoturris pileata (Forskal 1775) 1913 Neoturris pileata Hartlaub, p. 326. Text-figs. 270-81. Occurrence: St. 1606. 31. x. 35. 26° 15' 48" S, 12= 18' E. Off Ichabo Island, South-West Africa. Net: TYFB 190-0 m. I specimen. The specimen is very large, 35 mm. in diameter and 34 mm. in heighit, the apical projection slightly developed. The free, distal portion of the radial canals is about 19 mm. in length, provided with lateral diverticula of uncommon length, some of them about as long as the width of the canal (text-fig. 2). There are 80 marginal tentacles including a few small ones. It was a surprise to find this North-Atlantic species so far south in the ocean. I have compared the specimen with several large examples from northern waters; in some of them the lateral diverticula of the radial canals are almost as long as in the present specimen, and in all other respects the agreement is perfect. The considerable length of the diverticula is most probably the con- sequence of growth beyond the usual size of this species. The structure of the gonads, the length of the ' mesenteries', the shape of the tentacle bulbs, and the number of tentacles are typical of N. pileata and leave no doubt of the identification. Distribution. Common in the North-East Atlantic as far north as the south coast of Iceland and in the Mediterranean. Recorded with some doubt from the Philippines and from Vancouver on the west coast of North America. Now found for the first time off the Text-fig. 2. Neoturris pileata: radial west coast of Africa. canal. Specimen from St. Pandea conica (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) 1913 Pandea conica Hartlaub, p. 338. Text-figs. 286, 287. Occurrence: 9. xi. 25. 01° 06' N, 13° 05' W. Net: N 200 H o m. i specimen. St. loi. 26. 33° 50'S, 16° 04'Etc 34° 13'S, 15° 49'E. Net: N 450 V i3io-i4iom. i specimen. St. 282. 12. viii. 27. 01°
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