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grocn sand, broken shells and pebbles; August 9, 1906 [A. II. Clark, 1907] (4, U.S.N.M., 

 22643, 36143, 3628S). Type loenlitj^ 



Albatross station 4895; southwest of the Goto Islands; Ose Saki Light bearing 

 N. 42° E., 4.7 miles distant Gat. 32°33'00" N., long. 128°32'10" E.); 173 meters; 

 green sand, broken shells and pebbles; August 9, 1906 (2, U.S.N.M., 35641). 



South of the Goto Islands (lat 32°02' N., long. 128°45' E.); 192 meters; Captain 

 Suensson, May 12, 1898 [A. II. Clark, 1909] (1, CM.). 



Near the Goto Islands (lat. 32°20' N., long. 128°15' E.); 201 meters; temperature 

 11.11° C. (1, CM.). 



Eighty mUes west of Nagasaki (lat. 32°15' N., long. 128°20' E.); 274 meters; 

 temperature 12.78° C (1, CM.). 



Dr. Sixten Bock's Expedition to Japan, 1914, station 11; Goto Islands, Kiu Shiu; 

 Pallas Rock 5 miles S. by E.; 164 meters [Gislen, 1922]. 



Albatross station 4935; Eastern Sea, off Kagoshima Gulf; Sata Misaki Light 

 bearing N. 58° E., 4.5 miles distant (lat. 30°57'20" N., long. 130°35'10" E.) ; 188 

 meters; temperature 15.89° C; stones; August 16, 1906 (1, U.S.N.M., 35643). 



Albatross station 3755; Sagami Ba}', Japan; Suno Saki bearing S. 63° E., 3.6 miles 

 distant; 95-141 meters; gray sand and coral; May 19, 1900 (1, U.S.N. M., 35642). 



Golden Hind; Sagami Bay (lat. 34°59' N., long. 139°34' E.); 100 meters; Alan 

 Owston, April 23, 1902 [A. H. Clark, 1908] (1, U.S.N.M., 35640). 



Dr. Th. Mortensen's station 9; off Kiu-Shiu, Japan; 162 meters [Gislen, 1927] (1, 

 CM.). 



Geographical range. — Southern Japan, from Kiu-Shiu to Sagami Bay. 



Bathymetrical range. — From 100 (?95) to 274 meters; the average of 10 records 

 is 169 meters. 



Thermal range.—Yrom 11.11° C. to 15.89° C; the average of 3 records is 13.26° C. 



Remarks. — This species was originally described in 1907 from specimens taken by 

 the Albatross in the vicinity of the Goto Islands in the preceding year. In 1908 it was 

 recorded from the dredgings of Mr. Alan Owston 's j^acht, the Golden Hind, in Sagami 

 Bay. In 1909 it was again recorded, this time from the investigations of Captain 

 Suensson in the vicinity of the Goto Islands. 



In 1922 Dr. Torsten Gislen recorded 3 specimens from near the Goto Islands where 

 they had been dredged by Dr. Sixten Bock in 1914. Of these 3 specimens, as he was 

 so good as to write me, oaly the second really belongs to this species, the other 2 being 

 young examples of Perometra diomedeae. 



In 1927 Dr. Gisl6n recorded a fm-ther specimen from Dr. Th. Mortensen's 

 collections off Kiu-Shiu in 102 meters. 



Genus NANOMETRA A. H. Clark 



Antedon (part) A. H. Clark, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, 1907, p. 148. 



Nanomelra A. H. Clark, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 50, pt. 3, 1907, p. 348 (diagnosis; type species 



Antedon minor A. H. Clark, 1907); Rull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 51, No. 8, 1908, p. 246 (same); 



Proc. Riol. Soc. Washington, vol. 21, 1908, p. 136 (referred to Antedonidae) ; Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 34, 1908, p. 211 (referred to Antedonidae, restricted), pp. 212, 318 (occurs in Japan); 



Amer. Nat., vol. 42, No. 500, 1908, p. 541 (only known from the Indo-Paoific region), No. 503, 



p. 724 (color); Geogr. Journ., vol. 32, No. 0, 1908, p. 002 (characteristic of Indo-Pacific region); 



Vid. Medd. Nat. Foren. K0benhavn, 1909, p. 193 (probably occurs at Singapore, though not yet 



