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17. ASTROFHYTON sp. 



While we were fishing for cod iu about 18 or 20 fathoms off the East Head of Plover Bay, East- 

 ern Siberia, on the voyage up in 1881, the hooks brought up several fragments of arms and two 

 small, complete individuals of a species of Axtrophi/ton of a bright orange red. 



As the alcohol was out of reach in the hold, I endeavored to preserve these specimens dry, 

 but they were unfortunately lost in the confusion of landing and building our house in unfavorable 

 weather. 



ANTIIOZOA. 



ALCYONARIA. 



ALCYONID^E. 



1. ALCYONIUM RUBIFORME Dana. 



This species was found washed up on the beach iu considerable numbers after gales of wind, 

 while the sea remained open. It was dredged in great abundance on the rich ground west of Point 

 Franklin, in 134 fathoms. Two small specimens were obtained on a pebbly bottom off Port Clar- 

 ence, in 74 fathoms, September 4, 1883, and one large and very pale specimen came from a similar 

 bottom at the head of Norton Sound, iu 5 fathoms. We also obtained this species on our fishing- 

 lines when catching codfish in about '25 fathoms of water off the entrance to Plover Bay, Siberia. 

 Its color when fresh is a bright strawberry red. 



The species has been recorded as occurring in the Arctic Ocean north of Bering Strait, and on 

 the west coast of the strait (North Pacific Exploring Expedition), also Seniavin Strait (Brandt). 

 It also occurs on the banks of Newfoundland, where it is known to the American fishermen as 

 "sea strawberries," according to Capt. J. W. Collins, of the U. S. Fish Commission, and in the 

 Northern seas of Europe. 



Alcyonium sp., mentioned in the Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskapliga lakttagel.ser, i, as occurring 

 in the Siberian Arctic Ocean, probably refers to this species. 



AcTINARlA. 

 ACTINIDJE. 



2. TTRTICINA CRASSICORNIS Ehr. 



