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the region under consideration. This scarcity of hterature is prob- 

 ably due to the fact that the region is singularly barren of alcyonarian 

 life so far as the shallow-water fauna is concerned. Quite the con- 

 trary is true of the deeper water off the Californian coast, and it 

 remained for the Fisheries steamer Albatross to demonstrate this 

 fact during the operations of that vessel in 1904, which yielded the 

 greater part of the material upon which the present paper is based. 



SYSTEMATIC LIST OF CALIFORNIAN ALCYONARIA IN THIS REPORT. 



Order ALCYONACEA. 



Telesto rigida. 

 Telesto ambigua. 

 Sympodium armatum. 



Anthomastus ritteri. 



Family Cornularid^. 



Family Alcyonid^. 



Order PENNATULACEA. 

 Family Pennatulid^. 



Pennatula aculeata. 

 Ptilosarcus quadrangularis. 

 Halisceptrum cystiferum. 



Stylatula elongata. 

 Acanthoptilum gracile. 

 Acanthoptilum pourtalesii. 

 Acanthoptilum album. 

 Acanthoptilum scalpelliforme. 

 Acanthoptilum annulatum. 



Balticina pacifica. 

 Balticina finmarchica. 



Funiculina armata. 

 Halipteris contorta. 



Stachyptilum superbimi. 

 Stachyptilum quadridentatum. 



Anthoptilum grandifiorwn. 



Umbellula magniflora. 

 Umbellula huxleyi. 

 Umbellula loma. 



Distichoptilum verrillii. 



Renilla amethystina. 



Family Stylatulid^. 



Family Virgularidje. 



Family Funiculinid^. 



Family Stachyptilid.^. 



Family Anthoptilid^. 

 Family Umbellulid.^;. 



Family Protoptilid^. 

 Family Renillid^. 



