84 D. C. Danielssen. 



is always the same. The gullet furnished with 8 single longi- 

 tudinal series of spicules. Colour, principally, Salmon-red. 



Habitat. One specimen. 64° 2' N. L. 5° 35' E. L. Depth 

 911 m. Temperature 1,1 C. Bottom, Clay. Another specimen, 

 somewhat smaller; 72° 27' N. L., 35° V E. L. Depth 249 m. 

 Temperature 0,0 C. Bottom, Clay. A similar specimen; 74° 54' 

 N. L., 14° 53' E. L. Depth 1203 m. Temperature 1,2 C. 

 Bottom, Clay. A few specimens; 79° 59' N. L., 5° 40' E. L. 

 Depth 839 m. Temperature 1,0 C. Bottom, Clay. 



Vöringia pygmæa n. sp. 



Specific characteristics. 



The Zoanthodem measures up to 35 mm in height; has a 

 discoidally formed memhranaceous basal part that incloses, partly 

 annelid tubes and, partly, lumps of coral. The stem is thick ; 

 diminishes a little, in thickness, towards the summit, which latter 

 is closely beset with polyps; from the base to the summit it is 

 furnished, round about it, with tbick grooved branches richly beset 

 with polyps which, occasionally, are placed in groups on thick 

 short branchlets. The polyps are cylindrical, and somewhat broadest 

 iu the anterior body; they measure up to 10 mm in length, and 

 are furnished with 8 longitudinal ribs. The tentacles measure 

 3 — 4 mm in length, the pinnules are pretty short, and both are 

 surrounded by spicules on their aboral surfaces. The gullet has 

 2 series of spicules on each side; the dorsal and ventral sides are 

 devoid of spicules. The entire Zoanthodem rich in spicules. In 

 the basal part, complex stellates are most common; in the stem 

 and branches the bi-stellate is most common; whilst in the polyps 

 the fusee and bi-stellate are the most frequent spicular forms. 

 Colour: Pale, yellowish-red; 



Habitat. 3 specimens. 66° 41' N. L., 6° 59' E. L. Depth 

 640 m. Temperature 0,9 C. Bottom, Coarse clay. 



In a previous work by the late Dr. Koren and myself, »Ber- 



»gens Museum. Nye Alcyonider, Grorgonider og Pennatulider, til- 

 »hørende Norges Fauna, ved J. Koren og D. C. Danielssen, 

 »Bergen 1883« we have, at page 3, proposed the Genus Duva 

 and characterised it thus : — 



