NO. 1 DURHAM, BARNARD: EASTERN PACIFIC STONY CORALS 47 



Verrill described this species from La Paz. Durham recorded it 

 living only in the Gulf of California and occurring in the Pleistocene of 

 Magdalena Bay. 



Hypotype: Cat. no. 18.2 (Sta. 1111-40). 



Material examined: Stas. 582-36 ( 1 ), 1 1 1 1-40 ( 1 ). Cat. nos. 18.1- 

 18.2. 



Distribution: South of San Marcos Island, Gulf of California; 

 San Lorenzo Channel. Bathymetric range, 6-20 fms. 



Porites sverdrupi Durham 

 Plate 3, fig. 19 



Porites sverdrupi Durham (1947), Geol. Soc. Am., Mem. 20, p. 23, 

 pi. 12, fig. 4; pi. 13, fig. 2. 



This species was recorded by Durham from Salinas Bay, Carmen 

 Island; Agua Verde Bay; Univ. Calif. Mus. Paleo. loc. A 3985 (depth 

 11.5 fms), in the Gulf of California. 



Hypotype: Cat. no. 19.1 (Sta. 1093-40). 



Material examined: The hypotype. 



Distribution : Puerto Escondido, 8-15 fms. 



