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tests, broken shells of Cyclopecten and empty tubes of Phyllochaetopterus 

 and Protis . There were no living metazoan animals. 



VE-ll. Sta. 3410-55. In 2928 feet. OPG was filled with fine 

 dark mud and smaller nodules of reddish brown waxy masses which floated 

 in water. The screenings consisted of dead and blackened tubes of 

 Phyllochaetopterus , Protis , and broken, dead shells of Cyclopecten . 

 There were no living metazoan animals, 



VE-12. Sta. 3412-55. In 2928 feet. OPG was filled with fine mud. 

 There were no living metazoan animals, 



VE-13. Sta. 2963-54. In 2993 feet. The Campbell grab took 5.74 

 cuft of fine mud. The screenings consisted of many small dead sticks 

 of wood, dead tubes of Phyllochaetopterus , serpulld, and Cyclopecten 

 shells. There were no living metazoan animals. 



Vtl4. Sta. 2964-54. In 2993 feet. The Campbell grab took 5.74 

 cuft of fine mud. There were no living metazoan animals. 



SUMMARY OP VI-1 to 34 .- The stations in Zone VI represent a large, 

 subsill area in soft, muddy bottoms of Santa Monica Bay. There are 

 only two or three species ( Phyllochaetopterus , Protis , and Cyclopecten ), 

 in sparse numbers, in scattered areas. Two samples Tvi-S and VI-4) 

 near the lower end of Redondo Canyon, have metazoan animals of more 

 diversified kinds, Paunistically considered, the subsill area of 

 Santa Monica Bay is a continuation of the impoverished or dead area 

 present in San Pedro Basin, 



