An Interesting Basket Star From 
Laguna Beach 
The specimen here recorded was obtained by a fisherman off the 
coast of Laguna Beach at a depth of nearly a thousand feet. It was 
sent to Dr. H. L. Clark for determination and the following notes 
about it are quoted from his letter. The photograph here shown 
is very much reduced from the original. 
Basket Star from Laguna Beach. (Much reduced) 
“Tt is a remarkable example of Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (M. 
and T.), not previously recorded from south of San Francisco, al- 
though it may be well known to Pacific coast collectors. 
“Tt is not the form of eucnemis described by Lyman from San 
Francisco as G. caryi but is a typical example of G. japonicus de- 
