30 Hector F. E. Jungersen. 
has been mentioned from Hvidingsø (Kvitsøy), near Stav- 
anger; but it really goes farther south into the Skagerrak, 
where it has been taken 1904 by the "Thor* in 317 M. depth, 
29 sea-miles N 5/8 W of the Skaw light-ship; is does however 
not seem to enter any of the Swedish fjords of that region; 
at least it is not mentioned by Théel among the Anthozoa found 
in the vicinity of Kristineberg. In some of the Norwegian 
fjords it penetrates far towards their inner part, f. inst. in 
Hardangerfjord, when it is said to occur at Norheimsund and 
has been taken in the middle part at Thorsnes, Ljonestangen 
and Straumastein, and in Trondhjemsfjord, where it is common 
in Skarnsund. The trawlings of the “Ingolf*, “Thor* and 
“Michael Sars“ have proved it to occur over a large area of 
the N. Atlantic, viz: W of the Ferges, S of Iceland and NW 
of Iceland in the Danmark Strait (always in the ,warm* area), 
in depths from 132 to 316 Fathoms; and in 1907 a fishing 
vessel got a specimen (now in the Museum of Reykjavik) in 
200 Fathoms near the Vestman Islands. Nothing seems to 
have been published regarding its occurrence in any British 
waters, except the old statement by Ellis: Coast of Cornwall, 
the correctnes of which appears to be open to doubt (cfr. 
Johnston 1. c. p. 168); and in the reports from the numerous 
explorations along and off the coasts of western Europe, dating 
from the time when deep-sea exploration began, I have sought 
in vain for this species. Only a Muricea paucituberculata 
Marion is mentioned (Oeuvre posthume, 1. c. p. 145), taken in 
the Golfe de Gascogne (*Travailleur* 1881 1°/s, St. 41, 1094 M., 
44" 2" 15 N, 9° 27 30" W (Paris), vase et sable); probably it 
may turn out to be a young stage of P. placomus. And J. 
Stephen (1. c. p. 15) records a Paramuricea from off the coast 
of Ireland (between 50° 39' N to 51° 20 N and 11° 14' to 
11°56’ W), 464—728 Fathoms, and identifies it with P. (Acantho- 
- gorgia) atlantica Johnson from off Madeira. Judging from the 
statements given by Stephens compared with the description 
and figures of Johnson I think this identification may be cor- 
rect; but at the same time I feel convinced that this P. atlan- 
tica will prove to be identical with P. placomus, and that the 
latter in future will be found on several other places off the 
Atlantic coasts of Europe besides the one: ,Fosse du Cap 
Breton, par 90 brasses* (off the SW coast of France) mentioned 
