THE MARINE ALGAE, COELENTERATA, ANNELIDA 



POLYCHAETA, ECHINODERMATA, CRUSTACEA 



AND MOLLUSCA OF THE WORLD CRUISES OF THE 



YACHTS "ARA," 1928-1929, AND "ALVA," 1931-1932, 



"ALVA" MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE, 1933, AND 



*'ALVA" SOUTH AMERICAN CRUISE, 1935, 



WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT, COMMANDING 



by 

 Lee Boone 



This Bulletin, seventh in the scientific series of the Vanderbilt 

 Marine Museum, contains reports on six separate groups of marine 

 organisms, namely, Marine Algae : Chlorophyceae and Corallina- 

 ceae; Coelenterata : Hydroida, Leptomedusae, Siphonophora, 

 Scyphomedusae, Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, Actinaria and Madre- 

 poraria ; Annelida Polychaeta ; Echinodermata : Asteroidea, Crin- 

 oidea, Ophuiroidea, Echinoidea and Holothuroidea ; Crustacea 

 Decapoda: Anomura, Macrura, Brachyura, Stomatopoda and 

 Cirripedia and Mollusca : Cephalopoda, Amphineura, Gastropoda, 

 Nudibranchiata and Pelecypoda collections obtained on four sepa- 

 rate expeditions made by Mr. William K. Vanderbilt in his yachts, 

 "Ara" and "Alva." It is the third volume of the scientific series 

 devoted to the Invertebrate collections obtained during the "Alva" 

 World Cruise, 1931-1932, and contains the second report of the 

 "Alva" Echinodermata, the third report on the Crustacea and the 

 first reports on the Coelenterata, Annelida Polychaeta, Mollusca 

 and Marine Algae of this cruise. In "West Made East with the 

 Loss of a Day," a chronicle of the first circumnavigation of the 

 globe under the United States Naval Reserve yacht pennant, July 

 7, 1931, to March 4, 1932, — An Account of Adventures in Navi- 

 gation, Diversions, Picturesque Scenes and Every Day Life of 

 Remote Places and the Taking of Specimens for the Vanderbilt 

 Marine Museum, by William K. Vanderbilt in command of the 

 Motor Ship "Alva," Mr. Vanderbilt has presented the narrative 

 of this voyage in an exquisitely illustrated volume which includes 

 maps of the itinerary, also many lovely color plates painted from 

 living specimens by Mr. W. E. Belanske, under Mr. Vanderbilt's 



