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elegans, Grieg, is described from Hviddingso, where it was found by Professor G. 0. Sars ; 

 Paramuricea grayi (Y. Johns.), at Madeira; Paramuricea johnsoni, Std., and Para- 

 muricea atlantica (Y. Johns.), are found off the Cape de Verdes ; Paramuricea borealis, 

 Verr., and Paramuricea grandis, Verr., are from Nova Scotia; Paramuricea placomus 

 (Ehrb.) has been found in the Northern Atlantic and the Mediterranean; Paramuricea 

 iequatorialis was taken by the Challenger at St. Paul's Rocks, in the Mid Atlantic ; 

 Paramuricea tenuis, Verr., occurs at the Barbados; Paramuricea hirta, Pourt., at 

 Cuba ; Paramuricea laxa and Paramuricea ramosa were found, the former at Sarmiento 

 Channel, the latter at Tom Bay, Patagonia. 



Anthomuricea, Wright and Studer. 



One species, Anthomuricea argentea, of this genus, which is nearly related to the 

 preceding, comes from Patagonia; another, Anthomuricea chamaeleon (Koch), is found in 

 the Mediterranean. 



Muriceides, Wright and Studer. 



Muriceides fragilis, the sole representative of the genus, was found off the Philippine 

 Islands. 



Clematissa, Wright and Studer. 



The species of this genus, which is closely related to Paramuricea, are all indigenous 

 to the Atlantic ; Clematissa verrilli was found at Tristan da Cunha, and both Clematissa 

 robusta and Clematissa obtusa oflF the coasts of Patagonia. 



Villogorgia, Duchassaing and Michelotti. 



The species of this genus are very widely distributed, Villogorgia nigrescens, D. and M., 

 being found in the Atlantic, at Guadeloupe, Villogorgia mauritiensis. Rid., in the Indian 

 Ocean ; while in the Pacific Ocean Villogorgia intricata, Gray, occurs in Bass Straits, Fiji, 

 and the Hebrides, and Villogorgia gracilis, Std., at Bougainville, one of the Solomon 

 Islands. 



Echinomuricea, Verrill. 



The kno-^vn species of this genus appear to be limited to the Pacific Ocean, 

 Echinomuricea coccinea, Verr., having been found in the Chinese Sea, and Echinomuricea 

 indomalaccensis, Rid., originally described from Torres Strait, has been found at Hong 

 Kong, and by tht, Challenger off Panay, Philippines. 



