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Albatross station 2159; off Havana (lat. 2310'39" N., long. 8220'OS" W.); 

 179 meters; coral; April 30, 1884 (1, U.S.N.M., 34829). 



Albatross station 2319; off Havana (lat. 2310'37" N., long. 8220'06" W.); 261 

 meters; gray coral; January 17, 1885 (1, U.S.N.M., 16907). 



Albatross station 2323; off Havana Gat. 2310'51" N., long. 8219'03" W.); 298 

 meters; white and brown coral; January 17, 1885 (2, U.S.N.M., 34574). 



Albatross station 2326; off Havana (lat. 2311'45" N., long. 8218'54" W.); 355 

 meters; brown coral; temperature 16.67 C. ; January 17, 1885 (1, U.S.N.M., 35658). 



Albatross station 2336; off Havana (lat. 2310'48" N., long. 8218'52" W.); 287 

 meters; coral; January 19, 1885 (1, U.S.N.M., 34598). 



Albatross station 2320; off Havana (lat. 2310'39" N., long. 8218'48" W.); 238 

 meters; fine coral; January 17, 1885 (2, U.S.N.M., 34573, 34596). 



Albatross station 2327; off Havana (lat. 2311'45" N., long. 8217'54" W.); 333 

 meters; fine brown sand; January 17, 1885 (2, U.S.N.M., 34578). 



Albatross station 2316; off Havana (lat. 2425'30" N., long. 8147'45" W.); 91 

 meters; temperature 23.33 C.; January 15, 1885 (1, U.S.N.M., 16906). 



Albatross stations 2319-2350; off Havana; 60-510 meters; January 17-20, 1885 

 (10 + , U.S.N.M., 34572, 34886). 



Albatross stations 2156-2157; off Havana; 53-508 meters; coral; April 30, 1884 

 (1, U.S.N.M., 34833). 



Albatross stations 2156-2163; off Havana; 53-508 meters; coral; April 30, 1884 

 (1, U.S.N.M., 34830). 



Albatross; off Havana; 1885 (1, U.S.N.M., 36011). 



Florida Straits [P.H. Carpenter, 1881]. 



"Caribbean Islands"; 141-442 meters [P. H. Carpenter, 1888]. Type locality. 



Probable type localities. Blake station 58Ag.; off Havana (lat. 2309'30" N., 

 long. 8211'30" W.); 442 meters; 1878. 



Bibb station 202P (on charts and in record books, 5Z; in bulletin, 5) ; Florida Keys, 

 off Conch reef (lat. 2452'20" N., long. 8022'20" W.); 141 meters; sand and shells; 

 May 11, 1869. 



[NOTE BY A.M.C.] Mr. Clark does not state whether these stations were only traced 

 by himself as fitting with the depth limits given by Carpenter (77 and 242 fathoms) or 

 whether he had some other justification for them. I would point out that Blake stations 

 53 and 55 in the same vicinity were also in 242 fathoms, and at station 53 Coccometra 

 hageni was also taken. Carpenter commented in 1881 that this species was found with 

 hageni, which would suggest that both were taken at one station, though with all the 

 stations so close together this is by no means certain. 



Geographical range. Known only from off Havana, on the north side of Cuba. 



Bathymetrical range. The 18 definite records range from 60 to 386 meters, the 

 average being 291 meters. 



Thermal range. The three records range from 16.67 to 23.33 C. 



Remarks [by A.M.C.]. Mr. Clark has attributed this species to P.H. Carpenter, 

 though Carpenter himself and Hartlaub both referred to it as 'Carpenter MS' and the 

 latter designated it 'sp. nov.' in 1912. However, the very unusual character of the 

 absence of both PI and P a , together with the number of cirri and segments, given by 

 Carpenter in a key (1888, p. 206) are, in fact, sufficient to identify the species, which 

 can therefore properly be attributed to Carpenter. 



