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Class SCYPHOMEDUSAE 

 Order STAUROMEDUSAE 



Lucernariidae 



LucERNARiA 0. F. Miiller 



L. QUADRicoRNUS 0. F. Mllller. Rather rare (most common 



at D 4) on bottoms of rocky or sandy mud, depth 20 to 110 



feet, only once below 55 feet. Stations : D 3, 4, 7, 10, 25, 



142, 143. 



Order SEMAEOSTOMEAE 



Cyaneidae 

 Cyanea Peron and Lesueur 

 C. artica Peron and Lesueur {capiUata 0. Fabricius). Seen 

 quite commonly at the surface, though never as abundant as 

 the next species. The tentacles are frequently met with 

 tangled on the dredge rope when the species is not visible at 

 the surface. 



Aureliidae (Ulmaridae) 

 AuRENiA Peron and Lesueur 

 A. AURiTA (0. Fabricius), {flavidula Peron and Lesueur). 

 Occurs rather irregTilarly, but sometimes in enormous schools. 

 It was very abundant at the surface off Salisbury Cove (P 10) 

 July 13, 1926, 10.30 p.m. During the daytime it may stay 

 about 3 feet below the surface when abundant. 



Class ANTHOZOA 



Subclass ALCYONARIA 



On four occasions specimens of a soft coral {fAlcyonium) 

 were taken. Three of these stations were spread from Green- 

 ings Island to the middle of Somes Sound, the other is off 

 Heron Island. The bottom in all cases was stones and rock, 

 depth 35 to 90 feet. Stations : D 43, 44, 56, 106. 



