Station 109. 
Animals pbom 
St. Paul's 
RuvU. 
338 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Station 109 (Sounding 180), off St. Paul’s Rocks (see Chart 13). 
August 28, 1873 ; lat. 0 C 55' 38" N., long. 29° 22' 35" W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 81 o, 0 ; mean for the day, 78°'5. 
Temperature of water at surface, 77°*7. 
Depth, 104 fathoms; deposit, Hard Ground. 
At 9 a.m. officers and men on shore fishing, exploring rocks for natural history 
specimens, surveying, and making magnetic observations. On board ship employed a 
new mode of dredging by sending out dredge in a boat, and after a time heaving it in to 
the ship with the aid of the donkey-engine. The small dredge was used on this occasion, 
with the swabs attached, and brought up several specimens. 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from St. Paul’s Rocks, 
from shore, shallow water, and down to a depth of about 100 fathoms : — 
Tetractinellida (Sollas, Zool. pt. 63). 
Pilochrota giyas, n.g., n.sp. One specimen (taken by fishing line from shore) ; 
obtained at no other locality. 
Alcyonaiiia (Wright and Studer, Zool. pt. 64). 
Paramuricea aquatorialis , n.sp. (80 fathoms) ; obtained at no other locality. 
Placogorgia atlantica , n.g., n.sp. (80 fathoms) ; obtained at no other locality. Only 
species of the genus. 
Anti PATH ARIA (Brook, Zool. pt. 80). 
Ptcropathes fragilis, n.g., n.sp. (10 to 80 fathoms); obtained at no other locality. 
Only species of the genus. 
Corals (Moseley, Zool. pt. 7). 
Ijophohdia prolifera, M. -Edwards and Haime. Dead fragment (100 fathoms); for 
distribution see Station 23. 
Crinoioba (Carpenter, Zool. pt. 60). 
Actinometru pulchclla (PourtaRs). One specimen (10 to 80 fathoms) ; obtained also 
at Station 192 (?), 140 fathoms. Recorded from North 
Atlantic (“ Porcupine,” “ Dacia,” and “ Talisman ”), and 
Caribbean Sea. 
