2. R. E. Ll.OYD : The Fauna of the Arabian Sea. [VOL. I, 



vSTATION No. 355. 



Depth 492 fathoms. Lat. 21° 49 50" N. Long. 59° 48' 00" E. 

 Surface temperature 78° F. Bottom, green sandy mud with many 

 Foraminifera. 



The trawl came up with the iron beam bent nearly double and 

 the net badl}" torn ; in spite of this many things were obtained from 

 the swabs and from the extreme end of the bag, which was intact. 



Fish. 

 None obtained ; any caught must have escaped. 



Crustacea. 



Glyphocrangon investigatoris . . (Three typical specimens). 



Munida andamanica . . (Several specimens. The spines at 



the side of the rostrum are 

 about one-third of the length 

 of the rostrum, i.e., rather 

 shorter than in the type ; but 

 this character is very variable). 



Munidopsis trifida . . (Several specimens). 



,, scohrina . . (Several specimens). 



,, spinihirsuta, sp. n. (Three small males. Described 



Postea, p. 12). 



Nematocarcinus cursor .. (Several specimens). 



Aristeus crassipes . . (Two specimens). 



Aethusa indica . . (One specimen). 



Entangled in the net were two specimens of a most beauti- 

 fully reddish orange Hydroid, which were found to agree almost 

 exactly with the form figured by Merk and subsequently b^' 

 Miyajima, who named it Branchiocerianthus imperator. Similar 

 specimens were subsequently obtained in deep water off the coast 

 of Baluchistan ; these will be more fully described elsewhere. 



At this station a large number of Polychsetes were obtained. 

 Among them were representatives of the Chlorohaemid genera 

 Trophonia and Brada, two Polynoids (one of which was a large 

 blood-red species about three inches long) and a small Terebellid. 

 A Eunicid contained in a branched parchment tube with openings 

 at regular intervals was also present, and to this tube a colony of 

 Epizoanthus was attached. 



Besides these forms several bivalve Molluscs of the genus 

 Nucula, probably N. fultoni, were taken, and the Asterid Mcdiaster, 

 five species of Ophiurids and some Gorgonacea. 



STATION No. 356. 



Depth 156 — 200 fathoms. Lat. 17° 59' 00" N. Long. 57° 

 22' 30" E. Bottom temperature 58° F. Surface temperature 77° F. 

 Bottom probably firm, hard sand ; no sample was obtained in the 

 sounding tube and the specimens in the trawl were all quite clean. 



