DISTRIBUTION OF THE MURICEID.L COLLECTED BY THE SIBOGA EXPEDITION. 



List of Stations 



at which Muriceidse were collected by the Siboga Expedition, and a 

 List of Species collected at each Station. 



Station 5. 7°46'S., U4°3o'.5E. 330 meters. Mud. Acanthogorgia ridleyi. 



Station 7. 7°55'.5S., H4°26'E. 15 meters and more. Coral with stones. Near Reef of Batjulmati 

 (Java). Muriceides javensis. 



Station 15. 7°2'.6S., 1 15° 23'. 6 E. 100 meters. Fine coral sand. Anthogorgia aurea, Placogorgia atlantica. 



Station 26. 8°35'.i S., ii5°3i'.2E. 305 meters. Black sand. Acanthogorgia laxa. 



Station 28. 8°43'.7 S. 115° 19.5 E. 143 meters. Hard, coral bottom. Manacella reticularis. 



Station ^S. 7°35'.4S. ii7°28'.6E. near Paternoster Islands. 521 meters. Coral. Villogorgia flavescens. 



STATION 43. Anchorage off Pulu Sarassa, Postillion Islands. Up to 36 meters. Coral. Placogorgia 

 squamata. 



STATION 47. Bay of Bima, near South Fort. 55 meters. Mud, with patches of fine coral sand. 

 Acanthogorgia ceylonensis, A. studeri, Antliomuricea sanguinea, Heterogorgia muricelloides, Menella grayi, 

 Placogorgia ca nipan u 1 i/c ra . 



Station 49. 8° 20'. 5 S., U9°4'.sE. 369 meters. Coral and shells. Thesea simplex, Bebryce thomsoni. 



Station 50. Bay of Badjo, West coast of Flores. Up to 40 meters. Mud, sand and shells, according 

 to locality. Bebryce thomsoni, Heterogorgia ramosa, Thesea fiava, Versluysia ceylonensis, Antliomuricea reticulata. 



STATION 60. Haingsisi, Samau Island, Timor. 23 meters. Lithothamnion in 3 meters and less. Reef. 

 Antliomuricea timorensis, Echinogorgia aurantiaca, Heterogorgia stellata, Thesea sanguinea. 



STATION 65 a . Very near 7°o'S., I20°34'.5E. From 400 to 120 meters. Pale grey mud, changing 

 during haul into coral bottom. Muricella stellata. 



Station 66. Bank between Islands of Bahuluwang and Tambolungan, South of Saleyer. 8 to 10 meters. 

 Dead coral, Halimeda, Lithothamnion. Menella rubescens. 



STATION 71. Makassar and surroundings. (Pulu Barang, Samalona, Ley-Ley). Up to 32 meters. Mud, 

 sand with mud, coral. Echinomuricea coronalis, Menella rubescens. 



Station 80. 2°25'S., ii7°43'E. Borneo Bank. From 50 — 40 meters. Fine coral sand. Echinogorgia 

 pseudosassapo, Heterogorgia clausa, Muricella complanata, M. grandis, Villogorgia rubra. 



