946 
THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Statio.v 241. 
A.vimals from 
Trawu 
Density at 60° F. : — 
Surface, 
. 1-02574 
300 fathoms, 
50 fathoms, 
. 1-02574 
400 „ 
100 „ 
. 1-02567 
900 
200 „ 
. 1-02573 
Bottom, 
. 1-02675 
. 1-02575 
. 1-02561 
. 1-02558 
Depth, 2300 fathoms; deposit, Red Clay, containing 17'29 per cent, of carbonate 
of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 3 A.M. shortened and furled sails. At 4 a.m. got up steam. At 4.30 a.m. put over 
trawl, veering 4000 fathoms. At 6 a.m. proceeded under steam. At 6.30 a.m. sounded 
in 2300 fathoms. At 8 a.m. shortened in trawl-rope to 3000 fathoms. At 10 a.m. 
obtained serial temperatures down to 1500 fathoms. At 2 p.m. commenced heaving in 
trawl, which came up at 4.40 p.m. with numerous specimens and many pumice-stones 
with animals attached to them. The two tow-nets attached to the beam of the trawl 
were filled w'ith clay. At 4.45 p.m. made sail. 
Distance at noon from Honolulu, 2484 miles. Made good 61 miles. Amount of 
current 20 miles, direction N. 17° E. 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from the trawl at 
this Station : — 
Deep-Sea Keratosa (Haeckel, Zool. pt. 82). 
Psammophyllum Jlustraceum, n.g., n.sp. One specimen; obtained at no other locality. 
Monaxonida (Ridley and Dendy, Zool. pt. 59). 
Axinella profunda, n.sp. One specimen ; obtained also at Station 281, 2385 fathoms. 
II E.XACTIXELLIDA (Schulze, Zool. pt. 53). 
Caulojyhacus elegans, n.g., n.sp. Three specimens ; obtained at no other locality. 
Bathydorua fmhriatus, n.g., n.sp. One specimen; obtained also at Station 248, 
2900 fathoms. 
Ilyalonema robustum, n.sp. One specimen ; obtained at no other locality. 
„ sp. (?). 
Alcyoxaria (Wright and Studer, Zool. pt. 64). 
Bathygorgia j)rofanda, n.g., n.sp. One specimen ; obtained at no other locality. 
Only species of the genus. 
IT:nxatulii)A (Kdlliker, Zool. pt. 2). 
Scleroptilum grandijlorum, n.g. , n.sp. Three specimens ; obtained at no other locality. 
