256 ANIMALS OF THE SEASHORE 



lobes. Known from Cape Cod to North Carolina, but 

 rare in New Jersey. Characteristic of a sandy bot- 

 tom. 



Amaroucium constellatum Verrill (Sea Pork) 



PLATE XXVIII. Fig. 2 



Similar to the above but with much larger lobes. 

 The zooids are usually pink or orange and the rest 

 cream. This species is fairly common in rocky asso- 

 ciations from Long Island northward. It was re- 

 cently dredged at the "Old Grounds", 14 miles off 

 Indian River, Delaware. The water was about 130 

 feet deep and the bottom was rocky. 



