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Station 282. 8°25'.2S., i27°iS'.4E. 27 to 54 meters. Sand, coral and Lithothamnion. Wrightella 

 tisis. 



Station 299. io°52'.4S., i23°i'.iE. 34 meters. Mud, coral and Lithothamnion. Melitodes flabellum, 

 M. squamata. 



Station 305. Mid channel in Solor Strait, Off Kampong Menanga. 113 meters. Stony. Melitodes 

 flabellum. 



STATION 310. 8°3o'S., ii9°7'.5 E. 73 meters. Sand with few pieces of dead coral. Melitodes flabellum, 

 Acabaria philippinensis, Parisis fruticosa. 



Station 315. Anchorage East of Sailus Besar, Paternoster Islands. Up to 36 meters. Coral and 

 Lithothamnion. Melitodes esperi. 



The above list shows that Melitodidae were collected at 26 stations, or at about i3°/ o ofthe 

 stations at which successful hauls were made during the Siboga Expedition. The most abundant 

 genus of Melitodidae in the region covered by the expedition is the type genus Melitodes, which 

 was collected at 17 stations out of the 26. Melitodes esperi seems to be the most abundant species 

 of Melitodidae in the collection, having been collected at 9 stations; and M. flabellum is the next. 



Table show ing the bathymetric and geographic distribution 

 of the Scleraxonia of the Siboga Expedition. 



