no.1658. ALCYONARIA OF THE CALIFORNIA'S COAST W 7 / / \ '/. 7Q5 



The color of the polyps and calyces is chocolate brown, the swell- 

 ing yellowish brown, and the end hull) dark reddish brown. 



Type-specimen.— C&t. No. 25426, U.S.N.M. 



Distribution.— Station 1326, Soledad Hill, Point La Jolla,S.59°E. 

 5.6 miles, 280-243 fathoms; Station 1333, Poinl Loma light-house 

 \. 27 E. L2.2 miles, 301 fathoms; Station 1433, Brockway Point, 

 Santa Rosa [sland, S. 10 E. 7.5 miles, 265 243 fathoms; Station 

 1513, Point Pinos light-house S. 31° E. 9.3 miles, 156 389 fathoms; 

 Station 4516, Point Pinos light-house S. 49 E. L2.5 miles, 756 

 fathoms; Station 1537, Point Pinos light-house S. 7 1 E. 7.1 miles, 

 1,062 fathoms; Station 1538, Poinl Pinos light-house S. 85 E. 6.5 

 miles, 871 795 fathoms; Station 1~>I7. Point Pino-, light-house S. 

 82 E. 10.5 miles, 1,083 fathoms (type-locality). 



Having examined a large number of specimens of this species from 

 the Californian coast, and having found them constant in having not 

 more than 5 polyps to each leaf (instead of from 8 to 15 as described 



by Kollikeri.' I have concluded that the species is clearly distinct 



and given it the name Baltidna pacifica. 



Pavonaria calif bmica Moroff 6 is described as having polyps without 

 spicules, while P. iloih t n't Moroff has 11 11 polyps to 1 he leaf, wit h no 

 spicules in the tentacles. 



BALTICINA FINMARCHICA Sars). 



VirgtUaria finrnarchica Sars, Fauna Lit. Norvegise, II. L856, p. 68. 



In the collection at Stanford University there are a -cries of six 

 specimens which were originally taken near Pacific drove, California, 

 by Chinese fishermen, who secured them on their trawls in deep 

 water. These specimens apparently belong to this species. They 

 are much macerated and their characters are difficult to make out 

 with certainty. The} differ from the preceding specie-., I>,ilti<in(i 

 pacifica, in having 12-15 calyces to a row and in less prominenl 

 calycular teeth. 



The upper part of the rachis has anemones attached, each with a 

 ring-like stolon clasping the rachis, exactly as described by VerrihV 



Two other specimens in the same collection which are labeled 

 " VerriUia blakei, Barracuda Inlet, British Columbia," do not seem 

 to he fairly separable from this species. The} are very large, one 

 of them being 50 inches long; the stem to rudimentary leaves 12 

 inches long; terminal bulb 5 inches long. The calyces are in rows 

 of 7 to in. The} are long, terete; margins with two low and incon- 



" Anatomisch-Systematische Beechreibung der Alcyonarien. Pi. I. Pi.' Penna- 

 toliden, L872, p. 239. 

 bZool.Jahrb., Al.th. Syst.Gi og. und Biol. Thiere,XVII, L902, j>. 393. 

 Hull. Mu>. Comp. Zool., XI, No. I. p 

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