92 



other nephtylds- some Folydora - 1 



Nereis procera ~ 15 Prionospio nr. malmgrenl - about 100 



?Nerlne - 2 or more Prionospio pinnata - about 40 



Nino^ - several Scalibregma - 1 ovigerous 



Onuphi s nebulosa - 3 or more Sphaerodorum - 3 ovigerous 



Panthalis - 1 larger Spiophanes - 6 or more 



Pectinaria - about 30, largely Sthenelanella unlformis - 5 



juveniles terebellid in sand-covered tube -1 



Pherusa - 20 small ^ some ovigerous Thalenessa and other sigalionids 

 Pholoe =■ 5 small - several 



phyllodocids- various Tharyx ? parvus - many 



SUMMARY, =■ This is a diversified shelf fauna characterized by many 

 kinds of species in different groups. 



I SW-7, Stac 2991-55» In 130 feeto OPG took 0.5 cuft of hard 

 packed black mud. The screenings consisted largely of different kinds 

 of smaller polychaeteSo 

 Echlnoderms includes 



Amphipholis squamata ■= 15 juveniles 



Ophiothrix spiculata - an arm segment only 

 Crustaceans include a pinnixld crab, a ghost shrimp, and a few 



amphipods 

 Mollusks include a Cadulus , smaller gastropods ana peiecypods. 

 Polychaetes include? 



Amaea occidentalis Melinna 



Chaetozone Nephtys 



Drilonereis ^ dark green fragments Nereis procera 



Euclymene - 12 or more in tubes Pherusa 



Glycera Pholo^ " 



Goniada Podarke pugettensis 



Haploscoloplos elongatus - 10 or more Foecllochaetus johnsoni 



Lumbrineris sppo Sthenelanella uniformis 



Magelona pacifica - 1 or more Syllis 



Magelona y pouched - 1 or more 

 SUMMARYo= This fauna is characterized largely by a diversity of 



smaller polychaeteSo 



I SW=8o Sta, 3491-55, In 198 feet, OPG took 1.63 cuft of 

 dark green sticky mud with odor of HgSo The screenings contained 

 many arenaceous foramlniferans, especially Alveolophragmium planis - 

 simum (Cushman), and many different kinds of metazoan animals. 

 Echlnoderms include; 



Amphiodia ( Amphlspina ) urtica - 141 

 Amphioplus hexacanthus - 1 

 Amphipholis squamata ■= 176 



holothurians- a purple, and a white papillated one 

 Crustaceans Include; 



pinnixld crab - 18 j, presumably commensal of maldanld 

 ghost shrimp - 3 



amphipods- more than 64, include: 

 dexaminld = 19 ovigerous 

 phoxocephalids with: 



Heterophoxus sp, A-2 Pontharpinla sp. G-1 

 Metaphoxus sp, A-20 Pontharpinla sp, J-3 



