NO. 2 HARTMAN : QUANTITATIVE SURVEY 319 



7. Sta. 5092 (near no. 185). 1.4 mi from Newport jetty light, in 

 52 fms. OPG took 3.3 cuft of sand and shell fragments. Wet weight was 

 131.4 grams, of which ophiuroids comprised 69.2, Molpadia 32.5, poly- 

 chaetes 25.2, echiuroids 2.6, mollusks 1, and others less than 1 gram. In 

 addition to the species listed on the chart, the lot contained a small white 

 anemone (1), ?Harenaciis sp. (1), Monobrachiuni parasituin colonies 

 (6), a polyclad (1), nenierteans (5), sipunculid (1), Arynchite (1), 

 11 kinds of amphipods (151), two kinds of isopods (3), ostracods (4), 

 two cumaceans (4), and small colonies of Pyrosoma (5). Largest indi- 

 viduals were Molpadia intermedia and Travisia pupa, and most abun- 

 dant was A inphiodia urtica (648), followed by A niphipholis squarnata 

 (72) and Pectinaria calif orniensis (36). 



Numbers of species and specimens totalled : 

 polychaetes 34 species, 161 specimens 



echinoderms 7 747 



mollusks 12 42 



crustaceans 17 162 



others 8 20 



Total: 78 species, 1132 specimens 



8. Sta. 4878 (near no. 185). 1.4 mi from Newport jetty light, in 52 

 fms. OPG took 3.3 cuft of sand and shell fragments. Wet weights 

 totalled 58.4 grams, of which polychaetes were 36.5, ophiuroids 15.6, 

 mollusks 2.8, nemerteans 1.1, and others each less than 1 gram. In addi- 

 tion to the species named on the chart, the sample contained a small sea- 

 whip, ?Harenactis (3), Listriolobus pelodes (9), eight kinds of amphi- 

 pods (50), an isopod (2), an ostracod (2), a pinnotherid crab (2), a 

 small crab (1), and an enteropneust (3). Largest individual was Pista 

 disjuncta, and most abundant species were A rnphiodia urtica (252), Pec- 

 tinaria calif orniensis (43), and Pista disjunct a (20). 



Numbers of species and specimens totalled : 

 polychaetes 31 species, 168 specimens 



echinoderms 4 277 



mollusks 9 17 



crustaceans 12 57 



others 5 21 



Total: 61 species, 540 specimens 



