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HYDROIDA II 



"Thor" 64o2' N., 22^' W., depth 34 metres 



6 3 3o' N., 2 oi 4 ' W., 80 



6io 7 ' N, 9 3 o' W, - 835 

 Iceland: Reydarfjord, depth 45 80 fathoms 



Mouth of Berufjord, 41 54 



Vestmano, 2530 



Hvalfjord, 22 



Bredebugt, 6445,8' N., 2355,2' W. depth 30 fathoms 



Stykkisholm, 30 



6 miles W. of Iceland, 6532' N., 2438' W., depth 22 fathoms 



Talknafjord, depth 22 fathoms 



Dyrafjord, 15 



0nundarfjord 10 



Adalvik (depth not stated). 



The Faroe Islands: 6 miles N. by W. of Store Kalso, depth 60 fathoms 

 7 N. by E. of Myggenaes point, 57 

 12 N.W. of Agraleide, - 150 



Deep hole at north point of Nolso, 100 



Ssemundsson (1911 p. 92) briefly mentions that the branches in young colonies of Hydrall- 

 mania falcata are at times short, unbranched, and biserial, and that the same is often the case with 

 the basal branches in somewhat larger colonies. L,evinsen also (1913 p. 308) mentions small pinnate 

 colonies of 29 mm length from Hellebsek, Denmark, but without quoting further details as to the 

 hydrothecae. The frequent occurrence of the species in the Trondhjem Fjord has afforded an opport- 

 unity for closer study; the colonies are often very finely bujlt. 



Young colonies of Hydrallmania falcata may at times even at a length of 5 cm be singly pin- 

 nately branched, and it is then extremely difficult to distinguish them from Sertularia. The stem, 

 which is here, of course, not yet spiral, has a hydrotheca at the base of each branch, a feature which 

 is likewise common in larger colonies from the Trondhjem Fjord, and which I have found in most 

 of the other colonies investigated from our seas. The hydrothecse on the branches in young colonies, 

 as also those on the branches in the pinnate basal parts of older ones, are arranged in two opposite 

 rows (fig. LXXIII) in such a manner that the symmetrical plane of the hydrothecse coincides with the 

 vertically set broad plane of the branches; the hydrothecse on these branches are alternately set, and 

 with quite a considerable interval between. The distal half, or more, of the adcauline wall is free; 

 the length of the free portion is from once to twice the diameter of the opening. Quite young colonies 

 are thus extremely liable to be confused with small Sertularia colonies, unless the hydrothecae are 

 very carefully examined. The adcauline sinus in Hydrallmania is normally deeper than the abcauline; 

 the difference is, however, at times very slight, and if the closing membranes have fallen away, it is 

 very difficult to identify the colonies. 



When the colonies are somewhat larger, the spiral coiling of the stem begins to make its 



