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are found among the close branches near the base of the coral, moving 

 about among the branches and where they may be very abundant 

 (Verrill, Ditlevsen) ; also with the horny coral Acanthogorgia armata 

 Verrill (Albatross Station 2528). They have also been found with 

 the sea pen Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg (collections in USNM) and 

 the soft coral Anthomastus grandiflorus Verrill (Ditlevsen). 



Material examined. — Numerous specimens from off Nova Scotia, 

 Grand Banks, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Chesapeake Bay, North 

 Carohna, in 23 to 1,230 fathoms. 



Distribution. — West Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Denmark, off 

 Nova Scotia to North Carolina. In 23 to 1,230 fathoms. 



Harmothoe inibricata (Linne, 1767) 



Figure 7,a-d 



Harmothoe imbricata Verrill, 1881 (part — -mixed with H. extenuata), pp. 290, 293, 

 296, 300, 303, 307, 311, 316, pi. 6, fig. l,a-d.— Webster and Benedict, 1884, 

 p. 701; 1887, p. 709.— Whiteaves, 1901, p. 84.— Sumner, Osburn, and Cole, 

 1913, p. 617 (part ?).— Kindle, 1917, p. 150.— Fauvel, 192.3, p. 55, fig. ISJ-l; 

 1953, p. 42, fig. 19,/-t.— Prefontaine, 1932, p. 207.— Procter, 1933, p. 135 

 (part ?) .— Treadwell, 1948, p. 17, fig. 5d.— Miner, 1950, p. 306, pi. 100.— 

 Pratt, 1951, p. 328.— Pettibone, 1953, p. 32, pis. 13-16; 1954, p. 220, fig. 

 26,a,e; 1956a, p. 549.— Newell, 1954, p. 333.— Uschakov, 1955, p. 154, fig. 

 38. — -Rasmussen, 1956, p. 8, figs. 4-6. — Costello, et al., 1957, p. 76. — Stickney, 

 1959, p. 16.— Uschakov and Wu, 1959, p. 36.— Clark, 1960, p. 11. 



Harmothoe hartmanae Pettibone, 1948, p. 412, fig. l,a-/. 



Description. — Length up to 65 mm., width including setae up to 

 19 mm., segments 36-39. Prostomium with distinct cephalic peaks, 

 anterior pair of eyes anteroventral near cephalic peaks — not visible 

 dorsaUy (may be seen thi-ough translucent prostomium, especially 

 when living). Elytra with scattered conical microtubcrcles, with or 

 without few to numerous, brownish to reddish, globidar to elongate 

 cylindrical macro tubercles in one to several irregular rows near 

 posterior border, with or without short fringe of papillae. Neurosetae 

 with long spinous regions and bare hooked tips, usually with a sub- 

 terminal tooth (fig. Id). 



Color: Body irregularly pigmented dorsally, greyish to blackish, 

 dark green or brown. Elytra show remarkable color variations both 

 as to color and color pattern. Color includes various shades of grey, 

 black, green, red, brown, and tan, with or without additional black 

 flecks. Color pattern mcludes speckled and mottled coloration with 

 a light spot near the elytrophore, with or without a darker spot 

 (giving the appearance of an "eye" on each elytron). Uniformly 

 colored, with or without a darker spot near the elytrophore. Inner 

 fourth to half of elytra uniformly colored, outer part without color or 

 few scattered spots, thus forming a wide middorsal longitudinally 

 striped pigmented band. A dark border on median, posterior, and 



