Dimensions.—Diameter of the central capsules 0.12 to 0.15, length of the simple spicula 0.1, of the double-triradiate 0.05 to 0.2.
Habitat.—South Atlantic, off Ascension Island, Station 342, surface.
9. Rhaphidozoum capense, n. sp.
Spicula of two different kinds; one kind simple, needle-shaped, straight, pointed at both ends, the other kind geminate-quadriradiate, with a stout short middle rod and four longer bent shanks on each end of it. Both kinds smooth.
Dimensions.—Diameter of the capsules 0.2 to 0.25, length of the simple needles 0.01 to 0.3, of the geminate spicula 0.05 to 0.15.
Habitat.—Cape of Good Hope (Agulhas), Station 142, surface.
10. Rhaphidozoum australe, n. sp.
Spicula of two different kinds; one kind simple, needle-shaped, curved, thin; the other kind geminate, with a variable number of shanks on both ends of the shorter middle rod, often different on the two poles of it. The prevalent number of rays on each end is three or four, often also two or five, rarely six. All spicula smooth, more or less bent.
Dimensions.—Diameter of the capsules 0.1 to 0.2, length of the spicula 0.05 to 0.15.
Habitat.—South West Pacific, Station 165, surface.