Station 237. 
Organisms from 
THE Deposit. 
9;]<) THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGED. 
Gonostoma microdon, n.sp. Eight specimens ; for distribution see Station 23. 
Bathysauriis mollis, n.g., n.sp. One specimen; obtained also at Station 281, 
2385 fathoms. 
Notacanthus rissoanus, Filippi and Verany. One specimen ; obtained at no 
other locality by the Challenger. Recorded from 
Mediterranean. 
Synaphohranclius hathybius, n.sp. Nine specimens ; obtained also at Stations 146 
and 246. 
In addition to the foregoing, the following are recorded in the Station-book : — 
Palythoa on shells with Pagurus, two species of Holothuria (only one given above), 
two Annelids, two Lernseans on Synaphohranchus, Cryptoniscus on Caridid shrimp, 
three cuttlefishes (only two given above). 
Excluding Protozoa, over 150 specimens of invertebrates and fishes were obtained 
at this Station, belonging to about 57 species, of which 45 are new to science, 
including representatives of 11 new genera ; 25 of the new species and 1 new genus 
were not obtained elsewhere. 
The following species of Foraminifera and Diatoms were observed in the deposit from 
this Station (see also Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.) : — 
Foraminifera (Brady, Zool. pt. 22). — The pelagic species, which make up about 
33 per cent, of carbonate of lime present in the deposit, are marked thus x . 
liiloculina <hpreKsa, d’Orbigny. 
„ ,, var. murrhyna, Schwager. 
„ „ var. mrrata, Brady. 
Sjnroloculina tenuis (Czjzek). 
Miliolina insignis, Brady. 
„ tricarinata (d’Orbigny). 
„ trigonvla (Lamarck). 
U/jhUialniUiium inconstans, Brady. 
Planispirina olcUa (CoBta). 
„ ttigmovlea, Brady. 
Ooi-nuspira involvens, lieuas. 
Pplosina ajlimlrirn, Brady. 
Slorlhosjihmra (?) Bp. 
TerhntleUa Irgumen, Norman. 
„ mrln, Norman. 
finlhy$iplion filifonnis, Sara. 
Psammofjihxra fitsra, Scliulzc. 
.lar.nloUa otttusa, Brady. 
Ihjisrauimina rmmjsa, Brady. 
„ guhnoflosa, Brady (?). 
Marsijiella cylindrica, Brady. 
Rliahdammina ahyssorum, Sara. 
„ Uneans, Brady. 
Aschemonella catenata (Norman). 
Rliizammina algxformis, Brady. 
Reogdiax adunca, Brady. 
„ cylindrica, Brady (?). 
,, dentaliniformis, Brady. 
,, dijjlugiformis, Brady. 
„ distans, Brady. 
,, guttifera, Brady. 
„ 'm&)nhranacea, Brady (?). 
, , nodulosa, Brady. 
,, pilulifera, Braily. 
,, scoridurus, ^lontfort. 
,, sjdndifera, Brady (?). 
Ha])lo)thragiaium anceps, Brady. 
„ canariense (d’Orbigny). 
,, globigerini/oi'7iie(PaTkerand Jones). 
„ glomeratum, Brady. 
