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Protis, dead valves of Cyclopecten, small bit of wood with attached 



sponge, a fish otolith, and living animals. 

 Sponge 



vase-shaped, living, perhaps suberitid, with 2 distal oscula 

 Nemertean — 1 

 Sipunculid — 1 

 Polychaetes 



Ancistrosyllis sp. — 1 



Aricidea nr suecica — 2 



maldanid — 1 



Paraonis gracilis oculata — 1 



Protis pacifica with tubes — some living 



Sta. 5106-57: 



Screenings contained no living animals, but remains of dead species 

 including tubes of Phyllochaetopterus, Protisj Cyclopecten valves, 

 many subspherical foraminiferan tests. Brown waxy lumps, irregular 

 in shape and size were numerous. 



SANTA MONICA BASIN: Analyses of 17 samples, listed by depth 

 in meters; those with living animals are preceded by an asterisk. 



j^ , Biomass Bio-index j-. , 



Sta. per sample Individuals t, . , 



m r . c Remains 1 



grams to bpecies 



1 Ph = Phyllochaetopterus, Pr = Protis, Cy = Cyclopecten. 



