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STATION 282. 82S'.2S., i27i8'.4E. 27 to 54 meters. Sand, coral and Lithothamnion. Wrightella 

 tongaensis. 



STATION 299. io52'.4S., I23i'.i E. 34 meters. Mud, coral and Lithothamnion. Melitodes flabellum, 

 J/. squamata. 



STATION 305. Mid channel in Solor Strait, Off Kampong Menanga. 113 meters. Stony. Melitodes 

 flabellum. 



STATION 310. 83o'S., 119 7. 5 E. 73 meters. Sand with few pieces of dead coral. Melitodes flabellum, 

 Acabaria philippinensis, Parisis fruticosa. 



STATION 315. Anchorage East of Sailus Besar, Paternoster Islands. Up to 36 meters. Coral and 

 Lithothamnion. Melitodes esperi. 



The above list shows that Melitodidae were collected at 26 stations, or at about i3/ o ofthe 

 stations at which successful hauls were made during the Siboga Expedition. The most abundant 

 genus of Melitodidse in the region covered by the expedition is the type genus Melitodes, which 

 was collected at 17 stations out of the 26. Melitodes esperi seems to be the most abundant species 

 of Melitodidae in the collection, having been collected at 9 stations; and M. flabellum is the next. 



Table showing the bathymetric and geographic distribution 

 of the Scleraxonia of the Siboga Expedition. 



BATHYMETRIC. 



i to 



50 



meters 



50 to 

 100 



meters 



I oo to 

 200 



200 to 

 500 



meters i meters 



Over 



500 



meters 



GEOGRAPHIC, ASIDE FROM DUTCH 

 EAST INDIES. 



BRIAREID.-E. 



Solenocaulon sterroklonium. . . * * . 



Solenocaulon grayi * * 



Solenocaulon querciformis ... * 



Solenocaulon jedanensis * 



Titanidium friabilis * 



Semperina rubra * 



Semperina brunnea * 



Suberia k'ollikeri . * 



Suberia excavata * 



Suberia macrocalyx 



Paragorgia splendens 



Iciligorgia orientalis * 



SCLEROGORGID.E. 



Suberogorgia I'erriculata. ... * 



Suberogorgia ornata * 



Suberogorgia k'ollikeri * * 



Suberogorgia rubra * * 



Suberogorgia appressa * 



Suberogorgia thomsoni . * 



Suberogorgia pulchra * 



Korceides koreni .... . * 



Indian Ocean. 

 Australia, Indian Ocean. 



Bohol, Philippine Islands. 

 North of New Zealand. 



Indian Ocean. 



Northwest coast of Australia, Japan. 



Indian Ocean. 



Japan, Ceylon, Indian Ocean. 



Ceylon. 



Japan, Indian Ocean. 



