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reproduction, or whether they reproduce themselves at other times by some less drastic 
method which does not involve the apparent destruction of the colony. 
Localities. Lat. 6° 31’ N., long. 79° 38! E., 401 fathoms ; lat. 11° 26’ N., long. 92° 53’ E., 
378 fathoms; lat. 15° 29’ N., long. 72° 41’ E., 559 fathoms. 
Genus APHANIPATHES, Brook. 
12. Aphanipathes ? somerville, sp. n. (Figs. 7, 7a.) 
A broken branch 10cm. longand 8 em. wide. About 3 cm. of the base are unbranched, 
above which it divides into two. Of these branches one is broken away, the other is 
reticulated and fan-like in shape. The subsidiary branchlets are all in one plane. 
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The spines (fig. 7@) are very long, having a length of 1 mm. These are longer in 
proportion to the diameter of the stem than in any other Antipatharian with which I am 
acquainted. They are very numerous and closely set together and hide the stem, giving 
it the appearance of being thicker than it really is. 
Locality. Salomon Atoll, Chagos, 120 fathoms. 
