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I W-lObo Sta. 4335-56. In 166 feet. OPG took 0.63 cuft of 

 green muddy sand. The screenings consisted of less than half a 

 liter of solids J, mostly animals, of which not quite half was oph- 

 iurolds of smooth red kinds. A small Pyrosoma colony wss taken. 

 Crustaceans Include many amphlpods, ostracods, cuiuacoaxia and some 



isopods (one Gnathla carries many juveniles In a brood pouch) 

 Mollusks include; many smaller gastropods, clams of various kinds 

 Polychaetes include: 



Ammotrypane Haploacolopl oo elongatus 



Arlcldea , ovlgerous Lumbrineris cruzerisls , ovlgexwus 



Chloela ., many juveniles ^ Fectinaria californlensi s- few 

 Glycera robusta - 1 large PholoS , ovlgerous 



. ( the only record in the samples) TharyX j, ovlgerous 



and many others 

 SUMMARY.- The sample is domlnantly ophiuroids; the largest indiv- 

 idual is Glycera robusta . 



I W-11, Stao 3391-55. In 180 feet, OPG took 1.57 cuft of green 

 coarse sandstone and gravel and some arenaceous foraminiferans, 

 Echinoderms Include: 



Amphiodia ( Amphi spina ) urtlca - 654 



Amphipholis squamata - 305 



Astropecten c allfornicus - 1 



holothurlans " 3 

 Mollusks include scaphopods, pelecypods, gastropods, with none large 



or conspicuous. 

 Crustaceans include many cumaceans, a few isopods, many brown ostra- 



cods and many amphipods, with phoxocephalids: 



Heterophoxus sp. A - 7 Pontharpinia sp. ii' - 44 



Metaphoxus sp, A -36 Pontharpinia sp. J - 26 



Polychaetes Include: 



Fectinaria ^ with many tubes 



a large empty tube of Fanthalis 



many smaller kinds in the genera Gl ycera , Fholo^ ., Sphaeroaor'UJri , 

 various kinds of spionlds, paraonids, clrratullds, and others. 

 SUMMARY.- The sample is characterized by its numerous smooth ophiur- 

 oids and the diversity of its other animal kinds. 



I W-lla, Sta. 4332-56, In 168 feet, OPG took 1.51 cuft of 

 dark green to black glauconlte sand. The screenings consisted of 

 about 9 liters of coarse shelly rubble with bleached and broken shells 

 of larger animals not present in the sample, such as pecten shells,' 

 large Bursa , Conus , murex and turret shells, tubes of Protula, valves 

 of Lacqueus . 

 Living animals includes 



Ophiura iRtkeni and other echinoderms 



Epitonium and other mollusks 



polychaetes of many kinds of which the largest are; 



Mesochaetopterus , sigalionids, Glycera , Pherusa , Pista 

 SUMMARY. - The present fauna appears to be a replaced one, with no 



single kind outstanding in number or size. 



