History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

484 RADIATA. FISTULIDvE. Mdlleeia.Gen. VIII. MULLERIA.— This genus, contemplated byCuvier, for the reception of the Holothuriajusus of Zool.Dan. x. f. 5, 6, and H. papillosa,ib. cviii. f. 5, I havepresumed to inscribe to the memoryof one of the mostacute, industrious, and successful investigators of the tribeto which it belongs.16. M. digitata.— Tentacula twelve, ending in four obtusebranches.Hoi. dig. Mont. Linn. Trans, xi. p. 22, tab. iv. f. 6—Coast of Devon." Body long, cylindrical, covered with minute papillae, of a yellowishwhitecolour, marked with small spots of red -orange closely disposed, and inmany parts confluent." The body contracts by numerous strictures. Thediscoverer of this species was inclined to refer it to the H. inhaerens of theZool. Dan. tab. xxxi. 1-7, to which, in general appearance, it bears considerableresemblance ;but he could not detect the longitudinal avenues of pa«pillae, which are very distinct in Muller's species.