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of the Gulf. It was over 2 years before further specimens were secured 

 and these were taken of? Santa Catalina Island in 50 fms. The following 

 year Spatangus was found in deep water, 130-330 fms, off Santa Rosa 

 Island. In the fall of 1939, 5 stations between Catalina Island and San 

 Benito Island, Lower California, yielded numerous specimens. In the 

 months between February 1940 and October 1941, especially in the 

 summer of 1941, Spatangus was secured at many stations at depths of 35- 



Text figure 3. Spatangus californicus x4. 



225 fms. But nearly all the material was taken near or south of the Chan- 

 nel Islands and near San Benito and Cedros Islands. A few specimens 

 were secured near the end of Lower California but none were taken 

 further south nor near any of the outlying islands. 



Ty/ie.— U.S.N.M. No. 789. 



Type locality. —Albatross Station 2973, "off Southern California, 

 68 fms." 



Depth.— 35-225 fms. 



Specimens examined. — 240 specimens from 47 stations. 



