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Atlantic coast of Labrador, and Indian Harbour, on the north shore of 

 Hamilton Inlet. Southward it is known to range as far as New Jersey, and 

 in depth, from low water to 90 fathoms. In the synonymy of this species, 

 the references prior to 1817 are given on the authority of Professor 

 McMurrich. 



Sagartia acanella, Verrill. 



1883. Bull. Mus. Com p. Zool., vol. xi, p. 46. 



" A small orange-coloured species, with numerous long slender tentacles, 

 which, by its base, entirely surrounds and closely clasps the branches of 

 Acanella Normani. " It has been dredged by the U. S. Fish Commission at 

 many localities on the East Coast of the United States in deep water," and 

 "it has also often been brought in by the Gloucester fishermen, since 1878, 

 from many localities on the deep fishing banks, off Nova Scotia, and from the 

 Grand Bank " (Verrill). 



CiiONDRACTiNrA NODOSA, (Fabricius). 



Actinia nodosa, O. Fabricius (1780) ; but not Urticina nodosa, Verrill 

 (1873), nor Actmauge nodosa, Verrill (1883) ; fide McMuirich. 



In a letter to the writer dated Oct. 9th, 1900, Prof. J. Playfair McMurrich 

 says — " the form described by Verrill as Actinauge nodosa (Fabricius) is 

 now regarded as a quite distinct species, to which I have given the name A. 

 Verrillii. " Verrill's A. nodosa, var. tuberculosa is in all probability Fabricius' 

 form, which is properly called Chondractinia nodosa. According to Verrill, 

 Actinauge nodosa, var. tuberculosa has " often been brought in from various 

 localities on the fishing banks of Nova Scotia, etc., by the fishermen of 

 Gloucester, Mass., and presented to the U. S. Fish Commission by them." 

 " It has been dredged by the U. S. Fish Commission in the Gulf of Maine 

 and off Nova Scotia." 



Actinauge Verrillii, McMurrich. 



Urticina nodosa, Verrill (1873). 

 Actinauge nodosa, Verrill (1883). 

 Actinauge Verrillii, McIMnrrich (1894). 



Taken by the U. S. Fish Commission in the Bay of Fundy, in 50 to 150 

 fathoms, and off Nova Scotia, in 50 to 110 fathoms. "The Gloucester fisher- 

 men have brought it in from a large number of localities, on all the fishing 

 banks, from Georges to the Grand Bank, in 30 to 300 fathoms. It is parti- 

 cularly common on the stony bottoms of the Le Have Bank, Western Bank, 

 and Banquereau, off Nova Scotia" (Verrill, 1883). Specimens that have 

 been identified with Actinia nodosa, Fabricius, by Verrill, but that are 



