CHARACTERISTIC DEEP-SEA TYPES. — CRINOIDS. 



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Challenger, the Blake, the Talisman, and by the U. S. Fish 

 Commission ; it has a very wide geographical distribution, hav- 



Fi«\ 411. — Rhizocrinus lofo- 

 tensis. -j. (Sara A; Carpenter.) 



Fig-. 412. — Rhizocrinus Rawsoni. 1. (Carpenter.) 



ing been found as far north as the 

 Lofoten, and as far south as 35° south 

 latitude. It is very common in the 

 Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and 

 along the east coast of the United 

 States. It is of a brownish-chestnut 

 color when alive, varying from that 

 to a dirty white. 11. Rawsoni, a 

 second species (Fig. 412), was first 

 dredged by the " Porcupine " off Cape 

 Clear, but the specimens were con- 

 sidered a variety of the other species, 



