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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Station VIII. 
Animals from 
DfiSDOB. 
\' 10.15 a.m. sounded in 020 fathoms, near the coast of Gomera Island, and lowered 
dr which was hauled in at 2 p.m. containing numerous specimens. . A jar of the 
mud brought up by the dredge was put aside, containing a weighed coil of steel-covering 
wire for electric cables, to test the action of the mud upon it. At 3 p.m. proceeded 
under steam. 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from the dredge at this 
Station : — 
Echinoidea (Agassiz, Zool. pt. 9). 
Hemiaster zonatus, n.sp. One specimen; obtained also at Station 126, 750 
fathoms. 
Aceste bellidifera , Wvville Thomson, n.g., n.sp. One specimen; obtained also at 
Stations 272 and 323, 2600 and 1900 fathoms. 
Annelida (MTntosh, Zool. pt. 34). 
Hyalincccia tubicola, Muller, var. longibranchiata, nov. Two specimens (were 
alive when brought up) ; the species obtained also at Stations 
75, 167, 186, 235, and 320. A widely -distributed species. 
Ostracoda (Brady, Zool. pt. 3). 
M irrorypris canariensis, n.sp. One specimen ; obtained at no other locality. - 
Bairdia sp. (?). 
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Lam klllbranchiata (Smith, Zool. pt. 35). 
X'-wra teres, Jeffreys. Many specimens ; obtained at no other locality by the 
Challenger. 
Lyoruria formosa, Jeffreys. One specimen; obtained at no other locality by the 
Challenger. 
Cryptodon croulinensis (Jeffreys). One specimen ; obtained also at Stations 33 
and 78, 435 and 1000 fathoms. Recorded from North 
Atlantic and Mediterranean. Fossil — Pliocene and Post- 
Tertiary formations. 
Montacuta pura, n.sp. Obtained also at Station 75, 450 fathoms. 
b:da mes< inensis, Seguenza. Several specimens; obtained also at Station 75, 450 
fathoms. 
Lim<p is minuta (Philippi). Several specimens; obtained also at Stations II., VIIp., 
24, and 75. 
