218 THE ICE AGE IN CANADA. 



PROVINCE CCELENTERATA. 



Hydrozoa. 



No distinct organisms referable to the above group 

 have yet been found in the Pleistocene deposits of 

 Canada. As our recent fauna includes no stony coral, 

 and the recent species of the gulf of St. Lawrence have 

 no parts likely to be preserved other than minute spicules, 

 this is not to be wondered at. In washing the clays for 

 Foraminifera, however, numerous fragments are obtained, 

 which resemble portions of the horny skeletons of hydroids, 

 though not in a state admitting of determination. 



PROVINCE ECHINODERMATA. 



(1) Ophiuridea. 

 Ophioglypha Sarsii. Lutken. 



Fossil — Leda clay, near St. John, New Brunswick ; Mr. Matthew. 



Recent — River St. Lawrence, at Murray Bay ; Kamouraska ; also 

 found of large size in deep water in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, by Mr. 

 Whiteaves. 



Ophiacantha Spinulosa, M. and T. (0. bidentata, Retzius). 



Fossil— Tanneries, collected by Prof. Kennedy and Mr. Currie. 

 Recent — Cape Cod to Greenland, Norway and Spitzbergen. 



Amphim-a Sp. Montreal, Mr. Currie. 



Solaster {Grossaster) papposa, M. and T. 



Fossil — Montreal, Mr. Kennedy ; Green's Creek. 

 Recent — Labrador, Murray Bay, Metis, Gaspe. 



Ophiocoma or Amphiura. 



Fragments of a small species of ophiuroid starfish not determinable, 

 have been found in the Leda clay at Montreal, and in nodules at 

 Green's creek. 



(2) Echinoidea. 



Euryechinus [Strongyloceritrotus] drohachiensis. Miiller. 



Fossil — Leda clay, Beauport ; Riviere-du-Loup ; St. Nicholas ; 

 Montreal. 



