Boone, Coelenterata, Cruises of "Eagle" and "Ara," 1921-28 63 



Metridium fimbriatum Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst., vol. IV, p. 150, 



1865. 

 Metridium senile McMurrich, Proc. and Trans. Royal Soc. Canada, 



vol. IV, ser. 3, sect. 4, p. 60, 1910, (discusses the early synonymy 



of this species). 



Genus: ACTINAUGE Verrill. 

 Actinauge rugosa Verrill. 



Plate 23. 



Type: When he described this species, Prof. Verrill had an exten- 

 sive series of material from various localities, from Cape Cod to 

 Hudson Bay, and ranging from shallow water to 430 fms., but he 

 failed to designate a type or its depository. 



Distribution: Known from off Georges' Bank, 430 fms., where it 

 was first collected by the "Bache," also from Casco Bay, 95 fms., 

 and the Gulf of St. Lawrence; also taken at Grand Banks and other 

 fishing banks by Gloucester fishermen; and by the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission off Cape Cod, 50 to 90 fms. ; in the Gulf of Maine, Massa- 

 chusetts Bay and Bay of Pundy in 50 to 110 fms. Specimens in the 

 Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, establish the most northern rec- 

 ord for this species, Richmond Gulf, near the entrance, east side of 

 Hudson Bay, in 12 to 25 fms. The "Ara" specimens from the Bay 

 of Islands, Newfoundland, 180 fms., add another deep-water record 

 for the species. 



Material examined : Twelve specimens, dredged in 180 fms., Bay 

 of Islands, Newfoundland, September 3, 1926, by the "Ara." Five 

 larger specimens from the same locality, three attached to Crassidro- 

 mus lineatus; one attached to Cardium alatum (Fabr.) ; one attached 

 to Chenopus occidentalis (Beck). 



Color: In life this anemone has the column with an outer dark 

 brown coating, beneath which the column below the capitulum is 

 flesh color or pale red, while the capitulum is brighter red and the 

 tentacles vary from dull salmon color, or light to dark brown, occa- 

 sionally to deep mahogany. 



Life history: Unknown. 



Technical description: The "Ara" specimens are one to two 

 inches high and about three-fourths to one inch in diameter. The 

 column is firm, thick-walled, nearly cylindrical with the base 

 expanded; with the thick stout cortex below the rather tough brown 



