Aleyonarian and Madreporarian Corals in the Museum of Bergen. 29 
Gourret. Expéd. scientif. du "Travailleur” et du "Talis- 
man” 1880—83. 1906, p. 145, Pl. XV, Fig. 23. 
Paramuricea atlantica J. Stephens: Alc. and Madrep. Corals cf the Irish 
Coasts. Fisheries Ireland, Sc. Invest., 1907, V. (1909), 
po: 
= placomus Nordgaard: Faunist. og biol. iakt'agelser. K.N. Vid. 
Selsk. Skr. 1911, No. VII, p. 6. (N. Bratholm, Hjelte- 
fjord, c. 150 M.). 
== — ++ Kikenthali Broch: Die Aleyon. d. Trondhjems- 
tiordss li KN, Vid Selsk Skr. 1912.) No: 2 (19103), 
på 21,26. 
= + Kitkenthali Arndt: Zool. Erg. erst. Lehr-Exped. ete. 
Jahresber. Schles. Ges. vaterl. Cultur. 1912, p. 125. 
(Trondhjemsfjord). 
— —  Appelléf: Invertebr. Bottom Fn. Norw. Sea and N. At- 
lantic. Hjort and Murray: The Depths of the Ocean. 
1912, p. 484. 
Nordgaard: Nogle lagttagelser over Temper. og Salt- 
gehalt i Trondhjemsfjorden. K. N. Vid. S. Skr. 1912, 
No.16 (1913), p. 24 
— Grieg: Bidr. til Kundsk. om Hardangerfjordens fauna. 
Berg. Mus. Aarb. 1913, No. 1, p. 141 (Thorsnes, Lione- 
stangen and Straumastein). 
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”Miehael Sars”. 
1902. “/s—!2/s. St. 76 a: 59° 29' N, 7° 51’ W, 580—687 Fthms (1100— 
1300 M.) 8°.07 C. 
—- — b: 59° 23' N, 7° 40’ W, 580—687 Fthms. 
ce: 59° 28’ N, 8° 1’ W 580 Fthms. ete. 
Ue Stoo O20 oa. Ni. 906) W246 Kthms. (450 M.), 3298 €: 
The first locality is between the Færøes and the Hebrides (south of 
the Færø-Bank), the other W of the Færøes. 
The distribution of Paramuricea placomus seems to be 
somewhat imperfectly known; according to the statements 
hitherto to be found in the literature it would appear to com- 
prise only some disconnected parts of the North Atlantic and 
adjacent waters, viz: the fjords of western Norway from the spe- 
cies where old times is known to occur, and the Mediterranean; 
more recently it (or at least a closely allied species) has been 
recorded from the southwestern coast of France and from 
eastern N. America. On some of the ,edges* of the coastal 
plateau and in the outer parts of the fjords of Norway it is 
evidently common, reaching its northern limit at Arnø (67° 
11’ N, 14,2° E, near Bodø [Nordgaard]), while to the south it 
