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' The African shores are faunally divisible into five well-marked 

 districts, each with its characteristic species and genera, as follows: 



MEDITERRANEAN COAST. 



Family ANTEDONIME. 



Antedon mediterranea. Leptomctra plialangium. 



NORTHWEST COAST (STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR TO CAPE VERDE, INCLUDING THE AZORES, 

 MADEIRA, CANARY, AND CAPE VERDE ISLANDS). 



Family COMASTERID.E. 



Neocomatella (new species). 1 



Family THALASSOMETRIDiE. 



Crotalometra flava. 1 Tlialassometra lusitanica. 1 



Tit alassometra omissa. 1 



Family ANTEDONIDyE. 



Antedon bifida. Leptometra celtica. 



Family PENTAMETROCRINIDyE. 



Pentametrocrinus atlanticus. 2 * 



Family PENTACRINITID^. 



Endoxocrinus wyvilletliomsoni} 



Family HYOCRINID^E. 



Gephyrocrinus grimaldii. 1 

 Family BOURGUETICRINIDyE. 



Batliycrinus gracilis. 1 Batliycrinus recuperatus. 1 



Bothy crinus perrieri. 1 RMzocrinus parfaiti. 2 1 



WEST COAST (INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF ST. HELENA AND ASCENSION). 



Family TROPIOMETRIDJD. 



Tropiometra picta. 2 

 Family ANTEDONIDiE. 



Antedon liupferi. 



1 Deep-water species. 2 Occurs also in the West Indies. 



