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Macrocystis holdfast, rare; tunicates and sponges, moderately abun- 

 dant, cayucos: Phyllospadix-pelv etiid grid, abundant (956 per sq. 

 m.); buried cobbles, scarce; Macrocystis holdfast, moderately abun- 

 dant; soft polychaete tubes, rare; sponge, rare to scarce; Amaroucium 

 sp., abundant, hazard canyon: Egregia-Laminaria holdfasts, rare. 

 goleta: Phyllospadix-pelvetiid grid, rare (2 per sq. m.); Macrocystis 

 holdfast, scarce; submerged rock, 8 m., moderately abundant; sub- 

 merged log, 8 m., scarce, pt. dume: coralline algae, rare (9 per sq. 

 m.). corona del mar: Phyllospadix-cor&Mme grid, moderately 

 abundant (152 per sq. m.); loose rocks, scarce; calcareous worm 

 tubes, rare; algae below water, abundant; Egregia stipes, rare; 

 Laminaria holdfast, rare, la jolla: Phyllospadix-coroMme grid, 

 second most abundant species (2177 per sq. m.); underrock substrate, 

 abundant (98 per sq. m.); short-tufted red algal ridge, moderately 

 abundant (117 per sq. m.); coralline algae, abundant. 



Distribution. — Carmel, California, to Bahia de San Cristobal, 

 Baja California, 0-157 m.; a major intertidal species, small in body 

 size, rare at unprotected localities, scarce on coastal shelf benthos, 

 up to 3.1 individuals per sq. m. at 55 m. depth. 



Parajassa angularis Shoemaker 



Parajassa angularis Shoemaker, 1942b, pp. 41-44, figs. 14, 15. — J. L. Barnard, 

 1962a, p. 58, figs. 26, 27. 



Material. — carmel: coralline algae, rare; algae below water, rare; 

 Phyllospadix roots, rare, cayucos: Laminaria and corallines, rare. 



Distribution. — Bahia Magdalena, Baja California, to Carmel, 

 California. 



Leucothoidae 



Leucothoe alata J. L. Barnard 



Leucothoe alata J. L. Barnard, 1959, pp. 19-20, pi. 1; 1962c, p. 132, figs. 7 D, E, 

 F; 1964a, p. 227. 



Material. — carmel: Phyllospadix roots, rare; tunicates and 

 sponges, rare, cayucos: buried cobbles, rare; polychaete tubes and 

 sponge, rare; sponge and tunicates, moderately abundant; sponge, 

 abundant; Phyllospadix roots, rare, hazard canyon: hydroids and 

 algae, scarce to rare; sponge, most abundant species, goleta: sub- 

 merged log, 8 m., rare. pt. dume: Egregia holdfasts, scarce; sandy 

 social tunicates, moderately abundant, corona del mar: Phragmato- 

 poma masses, rare; sponge, scarce to abundant, la jolla: calcareous 

 sponge, rare. 



Distribution. — Carmel, California to Bahia de San Ram6n, 

 Baja California, 0-11 m. 



