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DISTRIBUTION OF V . kuYUde N. SP. 
Loose or interlocked nectophores of this spe- 
cies have been found in plankton samples col- 
lected and analyzed during a number of expedi- 
tions as shown in Table 2. 
The fact that V . kuruae is more abundant in 
deep tows suggests that it is characteristically a 
deep water species. 
Data on the bathymetric distribution of this 
species were taken off California (30°30'N, 
120°00'W). The stratified samples were col- 
lected with the bongo or bmoc open-closing 
net (McGowan and Brown, 1966) at various 
depths during August 27 and 30, and Septem- 
ber 1, 2, 3, and 5, 1965. During these series of 
collections, V. kuruae did not occur in samples 
collected in the upper 300 m, nor in the samples 
from below 1030 m. It did occur in samples 
taken at 460-410, 500-420, 620-530, 775-685, 
and 1030-860 m. 
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