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(Verrill, 1878), Several other specimens have subsequently been obtained 

 by other vessels of the Gloucester fishing fleet, from the banks of Nova 

 Scotia, where it occurs in 200 to 300 fathoms (Verrill, 1883). 



AcANELLA. NoRMANi, Verrill. 



Accmella arbuscula, Norman (1876) ; non Johnston (1862) fide Verrill. 

 Acanella Normani, Verrill (1878). 



" Two fine specimens of this elegant species were obtained by Mr. 

 Mei'chant" off Sable Island " with the preceding species." " A third specimen 

 was brought in by Mr. M. J. IVIui-phy, from Banquereau, in the same region. 

 "The species was first described by Norman from a specimen collected off the 

 coast of Greenland, in 410 fathoms, by the Valorous Expedition, in 1875," 

 (Verrill, 1878). "It has been brought in in considerable numbers and in 

 many lots, from the deep fishing grounds off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, 

 by the Gloucester halibut fishermen" (Verrill, 1883). 



Family PrimnoidcH. 

 Primnoa reseda (Pallas). 



Gorgonia reseda, Pallas (1766). 



Gorgonia lepadifera, L. (1767). 



Primnoa lepadifera, Lamouroux (1816) ; et auct. 



Primnoa reseda, Verrill (1864). 



Mouth of the Bay of Fundy, in deep water (Verrill, 1864). " Fine speci- 

 mens of Primnoa reseda and Paragorgia arhorea are often taken in the same 

 region from which Ceratoisis ornata and Acanella Normard were obtained, 

 {i.e., off Sable Island) as well as from the depression between St. George's 

 and Le Have banks in 100 to 200 fathoms. One of the specimens of Para- 

 gorgia presented to us is over three feet high, and some of Primnoa are 

 nearly as tall" (Verrill, 1878) "On the outside of Brown's Bank, off 

 southern Nova Scotia, at several stations " in 1883, "the Albatross dredged in 

 101 to 131 fathoms, a number of good specimens of the great bush-coral, 

 Primnoa lepadifera, thus accurately fixing one of its localities " (Verrill, 

 1885). The species has also been recently found in the North Pacific, on 

 the coast of British Columbia. 



Family Muriceidce. 



ACANTHOGORGIA ARMATA, Verrill. 



1878. Amer. Journ. Sc. and Arts, Third Series, vol. xvi., p. 376. 



" Several fine specimens have been brought from the deep fishing banks 

 off Nova Scotia and Newfoundland by the Gloucester fishermen, during the 

 past four years, and presented to the U. S. Fish Commission. "The 

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