﻿Note on a Large Antipatharian from the Fceroes. 193 



Biscay from a great depth (1220 metres) ; (6) His Serene 

 Highness the Prince of Monaco collected this species 

 (1886-1902) from four stations, of which the farthest north 

 was 43° 57', while the nearest the equator was 15° 17' N. 

 The inference seems to be that the distribution of Faranti- 

 joathes larix is remarkably widespread. It is interesting 

 to notice that in three of the four specimens dredged by 

 the Prince of Monaco the polyps were absent, as in our 

 specimen. 



Summary. 



A large Antipatharian, over a yard in height, consisting 

 of a strong main stem with several long branches, was 

 trawled to the north-east of the Fseroe Islands. Numerous 

 filiform pinnules, arranged in six irregular rows, give the 

 branches a bottle-brush appearance. The pinnules bear 

 six vertical rows of minute triangular spines. For these 

 reasons the specimen is referred to Farantipathes larix 

 (Esper), and the reference involves a slight modification 

 of the diagnosis of the species, as well as a great extension 

 of its previously recorded range of distribution. 



Eeferences. 



1788-1790. Esper, E. J. C, Fie Fflanzenthiere. Niirnberg. 

 1865. Lacaze-Duthiers, H. de, Memoire sur les Anti- 



pathaires (gen. Antipathes), Annales des Sciences 



Naturelle, Zoologie, ser. 5, vol. iv. pp. 1-61, 4 pis. 

 1871. Lutken, C. F., Antipathes arctica, en ny sort koral fra 



Polar havet, Oversigt K. Danske Vidensk. Selskabs 



Forhandl, pp. 18-26, 3 figs. Also Ann. Mag. Nat, 



Hist., ser. 4, vol. x. pp. 77-83. 

 1889. Brook, G., Antipatharia, Eeport on the Scientific 



Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger., vol. 



xxxii. p. 142. 



1896. BouLE, L., Coelenteres, Besultats scientifiques de la 

 Campagne du Caudan dans le Golfe de Gascogne, 

 Annales de VUniversite de Lyon, xxvii. p. 199. 



