310 A. Bb. Verrill—Marine Fauna off New England Coast. 
Pennatula inlet ee and Koren. 
Pennatul elssen, Forhandl. Vidensk.-Selsk. oe 1858, p. 25; 
Fauna Tittoralie Norvogi, . Aa i xs 11, figs. 8-9. 1877. 
Verrill, this Journal, v, pp. 5 
Pennatula phosphorea, var. wean sires ‘Klliker, Aleyonarien, i, Pennatuli- 
d 134, pl! 9, fig. 73, 
is species is very eathe and widely distributed on our 
coasts, in 100 to 487 fathoms, on soft muddy bottoms. Gulf of 
St. Lawrence, 160-200 fathoms,— W hiteaves, 1871-38; Gulf of 
Maine,—U.S. Fish Commission, on the “ Bache,” 1879-2: Grand 
Bank, St. Peter’s Bank, Banquereau, esc Bank and other 
banks off Nova Scotia, in 60 to 300 ‘fathoms,—Gloucester fish- 
ermen (in 29 lots, including about 90 apenilivertey: off Cape 
Sable, N.S., 88 fa thom s,—U. 8. Fish Commission ; off Martha's 
Vineyard and Block Island, and off Chesapeake and Delaware 
Bays, 1880, 1881, in 100-487 fathoms,—U. S, Fish Commis- 
sion. Several hundreds of specimens were taken at each of the 
stations 948, 945, 1025. Also taken by Mr. A. Agassiz, on 
the ‘‘ Blake, * 1880, in ae to 524 fathoms. Chistiansund, 30— 
100 fathoms,—Sars and Danielssen. Eastern Atlantic, 300 
fathoms,—Carpenter and Thomson. 
Variety, rosea Danielssen, op. cit., p. 88. 
Several fine specimens of this handsome variety occurred 
among a large number of the usual dark red variety, at stations 
943, 945, 1028. It differs only in color. 
Variety, alba Verrill. 
This name is used to designate a pure white variety, which 
was taken at station 1025, in 216 fathoms. 
Pennatula (Ptilella) borealis Sars, sp. 
Pennatula grandis Whrenberg, Corall, rothen te - 66, 1832, (non Pallas). 
see at Zeol. Voy. Challenger, i, pt. ii, p 
Pennatula borealis Sa ars, Fauna rae A sali i, 1%, pl. 2, figs. 1-4, 1856. 
Kolliker, Pennatuliden, i, p. 
Verrill, this Journal, xvi, p. 316, 
Ptilella borealis Gray, Catal ogue of bea Pons, p. 21. 
Verrill, this Journal, xvii, p. 241, 
Seay ao Koren and cade Founa Lit. Norvegiw, p. 82, pl. 11, figs. 
1877. 
On ne young specimen of this magnificent species was dred ged 
by us at station 925, in 224 fathoms. From the Gloucester 
fishermen over 120 specimens, mostly of large size, have been 
received by the U.S. Fish Commission, all ae giaoh have been 
examined by me. These were received in 83 lots, from 1878 
to 1881. They were taken in 120 to 350 fathoms, on the outer 
slopes of the Grand Bank, St. Peter’s Bank, Western Bank, 
Banquereau, Sable Island Bank, Le Have Bank and George's 
