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Sertularella abiciina Nutting, Hyd. Woods Hole, 1901, p. 361. 

 Ahietinaria abietina Nutting, Am. Hyd. ii, 1904, p. 114. 



Stafford, Fauna Atlantic Coast, 1912, p. 73. 



Fr.'^ser, Hyd. Nova Scotia, 1913, p. 173. 



Distribution. — Off Nova Scotia, 51 fathoms (Allman) ; Mingan island, gulf of 

 St. Lawrence and Labrador (Packard) ; gulf and river St. Lawrence (Dawson and 

 Whiteaves) ; St. Andrews, Gaspe, 'Canso, Seven islands (Stafford); Canso banks, 50 

 fathoms (Fraser) ; St. George's bank, Newfoundland (A. Agassiz) ; off Swallowtail 

 light, southwest of Deer island. Head harbour, McMaster island, off Joe's point. Seven 

 islands. 



Abietinaria filicula (Ellis and Solander.) 



Sertularia filicula Ellis and Solander, Nat. Hist. Zooph., 1786, p. 57. 

 Stimpson, Mar. Invert. Grand Manan, 1854, p. 8. 

 HiNCKS, Br. Hyd. Zooph., 1868, p. 264. 

 "Whiteaves, Mar. Invert. E. Can., 1901, p. 25. 

 Abietinaria filicula Nutting, Am. Hyd. ii, 1904, p. 123. 



Distribution. — Grand Manan, 20 fathoms (Stimpson); Labrador (Packard). 

 Note. — Stafford reports specimens of an Abietinaria species from Seven Islands, 

 Quebec, but as all the information he gives concerning it is that it " most resembles 

 A. gigantea Clark," it is impossible to place it. 



Genus DIPHASIA. 



Diphasia fallax (Johnston.) 



Sertularia fallax Johnston, Br. Zooph., 1847, p. 73. 



Stimpson, Mar. Invert. Grand Manan, 1854, p. S. 

 Diphasia fallax Hincks, Br. Hyd. Zooph., 1868, p. 249. 



Nutting, Hyd. Woods Hole, 1901, p. 361. 

 Hargitt, Am. Nat., 1901, p. 391. 

 Whiteaves, Mar. Invert. E. Can., 1901, p. 26. 

 Nutting, Am. Hyd. ii, 1904, p. 114. 

 Stafford, Fauna Atlantic Coast, 1912, p. 73. 

 Eraser, Hyd. Nova Scotia, 1913, p. 173. 

 Distribution. — Grand Manan (Stimpson) ; Bay of Fundy, 20 to 55 fathoms (Ver- 

 rill); St. Andrews (Stafford); Barrington passage, 4 fathoms (Eraser); common 

 throughout the Passamaquoddy bay area, Brier island. 22 fathoms. 



Diaphasia rosacea (Linnseus). 



Sertularia rosacea Linn^us, Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 807. 

 Diphasia rosacea Hincks, Br. Hyd. Zooph., 1868, p. 245. 

 Nutting, Hyd. Woods Hole, 1901, p. 361. 

 Whiteaves, Mar. Invert. E. Can., 1901, p. 26. 

 Nutting, Am. Hyd., ii, 1904, p. 107. 

 Stafford, Fauna Atlantic Coast, 1912, p. 74. 

 Fraser, Hyd. Nova Scotia, 1913, p. 174. 

 Distribution. — Strait of Belle Isle, 50 fathoms (Packard) ; St. Andrews (Stafford) ; 

 Barrington passage (Fraser) ; off Deer island, 15 fathoms, off Frost ledges, Quoddy 

 river, between White and Spruce islands, between Two and Three islands, Brier island, 

 33 to 39 fathoms. 



