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BULLETIIST 100, UIsTITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



found in material from the deeper stations, not in sufficient numbers 

 to be classed as characteristic, but rather as an occasional specimen. 

 Heron-Allen and Earland record the species from the Kerimba 

 Archipelago, off southeast Africa, apparently having the micro- 

 spheric form with spiroplectine young. 



Textularia porrecta — Material examined. 



Cat. 



No. 



14155 

 12102 

 13137 

 12107 

 12106 

 14139 

 12103 

 14135 

 12105 

 13136 

 12101 

 14138 

 12104 

 14140 

 14141 

 14142 

 14143 

 14144 

 14145 

 14146 

 14147 

 14148 



14149 

 14150 

 14151 

 14152 

 14153 

 14154 



Coll. of- 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N. M. 



U.S.N. M. 



U.S.N. M. 



U.S.N. M. 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N. M. 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N.M 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N.M 



U.S.N.M 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N.M 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N.M. 



U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 



No. of 

 speci- 

 mens. 



t} 



Station. 



Locality. 



D5133... 



D5146... 



D5192... 



D5210... 



D5217 .. 



D5268 .. 



D5469... 



D5478., 



D5201 . 



D5529.. 



D5538.. 



D5590.. 



D534S.. 



D5381.. 



D5592.. 



D5426.. 



D5138.. 



D5358 . 



D5100 . 



D5580.. 



D5132.. 



D5213.. 

 D5096.. 

 D5481.. 

 D5281 . 

 D5097.. 

 D5105.. 



Id. off Panabutan Pt., N. 

 52° E., 1.50 miles. 



.i 5 46 40 N 

 .1 11 9 15 N. 

 .1 11 49 55 N. 

 .j 13 00 20 N. 

 . 13 42 00 N. 

 .1 13 36 48 N. 

 .i 10 46 24 N. 

 . 10 10 00 N. 

 .1 9 23 45 N. 

 .1 9 08 15 N. 

 4 10 50 N.: 

 10 57 45 N. 



13 14 15 N. 

 4 12 44 N. 

 9 12 00 N. 

 6 06 00 N. 

 6 06 40 N. 



14 17 15 N.: 

 4 52 45 N 



120 48 50 E. 



123 50 00 E. 



124 28 05 E. 

 123 14 15 E. 

 120 57 15 E. 

 123 38 24 E. 



125 16 30 E. 

 125 04 15 E. 

 123 39 30 E. 

 123 23 29 E. 

 118 39 35 E.. 

 118 38 15 E.. 

 122 44 45 E.. 

 118 27 44 E.. 

 118 28 00 E.. 

 120 58 50 E.. 



118 18 50 E.. 

 120 32 40 E.. 



119 06 45 E.. 



Depth 



in 

 fath- 

 oms. 



Id. off Panabutan Pt., N. 

 15° W., 0.3 mile. 



12 15 00 N.; 124 04 36 E.. 

 14 20 23 N.; 120 34 15 E.. 

 10 27 30 N.; 125 17 10 E.. 



13 52 45 N.; 120 25 00 E.. 



14 19 15 N.; 120 33 52 E.. 

 14 43 55 N.: 120 12 50 E.. 



38 



24 



32 



50 



105 



170 



500 



57 



554 



441 



256 



310 



375 



88 



305 



27 



19 



39 



35 



162 



26 



108 

 28 

 61 



201 

 30 

 25 



Bot- 

 tom 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture. 



79.5 



76.3 

 63.1 



52.8 



53 



53.3 



44.3 



56.4 



43.3 



55.8 

 59.9 

 '56."4' 



Character of I a-u„„/i„„„„ 

 bottom. Abundance. 



gn. m., s... 



CO. s., sh... 



gn. s 



fne. gy. s... 



crs.gy. s 



s.,P 



gn. m 



sh 



gy. s., m... 

 gy. m., glob 



gn. m., s 



gn. m., s 



Co.,s 



CO., s 



gn. m 



fne. gy. s 



s., Co 



m 



gy.s 



br. s., Co 



gn. m.,s 



gy.s., m.... 

 gy. m., s.,sh. 



s.,sh.,g 



dk. gy.s 



gy.m.,s.,sh. 



Few. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Few. 



Few. 



Few. 



Few. 



Few. 



Few. 



Few. 



Few. 



Few. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Rare. 



Common. 



Rare. 



Few. 



Few. 

 Few. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 



TEXTULARIA VERTEBRALIS Cushman. 



Plate 22, fig. 3; plate 24, fig. 1. 



Textularia vertebralis Cushman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 44, 1913, p. 633, 

 pi. 78, fig. 1. 



Description. — ^Test elongate and tapering, chambers very numerous, 

 in the adult portion rounded in cross-section, the distal portion of the 

 chambers convex, the proximal portion concave behmd the middle, 

 chambers gradually increasing in size, wall composed of agglutmated 

 sand usually fine and smoothly finished; aperture at the base of the 

 inner margin of the chamber; color, gray. 



Length up to 6 mm. 



This is one of the most common species in the region, occm-ring 

 in deeper water than the other common species, T. rugosa, T. por- 

 recta, etc. The stations range from 80 to 742 fathoms (146 to 1,357 

 meters) in depth, the average 275 fathoms (503 meters), and the bot- 

 tom temperatures where given from 43.3° to 59.6° F. (6.1° C. to 

 15.3° C), most of them above 50° F. (10° C). 



