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Table of the Species of Siphonogorgia taken by the “Siboga Expedition”. 
SPECIES 
NO. EXAMINED 
Locality — Stations 
Previously recorded from 
1. S', annectens Th. & S.. 
IO 
273, 47, 125, 258, 162, 164 
Puri Orissa Coast. 
2. S. aspernla Th. & S. . 
3 
204, 257, 164 
Cape Comorin, Andamans. 
3. S. cylindrata Kiik. 
1 
310 
Ternate. 
4. S. densa Chalmers. 
2 
not recorded 
— 
5. S. eininens Chalmers . 
2 
260 
— 
6. S. godeffroyi Roll. 
1 
not recorded 
Pelew Islands. 
7. S. gracilis (Harr.) .... 
1 
289 
Admiralty Islands. 
8. S. grandior Chalmers 
3 
289 
— 
9. S. hicksoni (Harr.).... 
1 
11 7 
Admiralty Islands. 
10. S. indica Th. 
1 
162 
Ceylon Seas. 
11. S. kollikeri Wr. & St. 
1 
274 
Bay of Amboina; Off Galle; Funa¬ 
futi; Providence, Amirante. 
12. S. macrospina Whitelegge . 
1 
not recorded 
Gaspar Strait. 
13. S. miniacea Kiik. 
1 
301 
Ternate; Ceylon Seas. 
14. S. mirabilis Klunz. 
6 
117, 162, 305 
Red Sea; N. W. Australia; Ter¬ 
nate, Providence, Maldives. 
15. S. obspiculata Chalmers . 
5 
289, 260 
— 
16. S. obtusa Chalmers . 
2 
310, 144 
— 
17. S. palmata Th. & S.. 
1 
260 
Andamans. 
18. 5. paiicijlora Chalmers . 
Many small 
fragments 
289 
* 
— 
19. S. ramosa Chalmers . 
3 
310, 204 
— 
20. S. rngosa Chalmers . 
4 
166, 260, 204 
— 
21. S. simplex Chalmers . 
1 
260 
— 
22. S. splendens Kuk. 
1 
310 
China Sea. 
23. 5. variabilis (Hick.) . 
37 , 
310, 257, 305, 274, 289, 
277, 220, 164, 204, 260, 
117, 306, 294, 60, 
Maldives, Andamans, Persian Gulf, 
Arakan Coast, Providence, Sey¬ 
chelles, Off Galle, Gulf of Manaar. 
Total 
00 
CO 
* 
i. Siphonogorgia annectens Th. and S. 
For description see: THOMSON and SlMPSON, Account of the Alcyonarians collected by the 
Royal Marine Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean, 1909, Part II, p. 134. 
Stat. 47. Bay of Bima. 55 M. Mud with patches of fine coral sand. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 125. Anchorage off Sawan, Siau-island, 27 M. Stone and some Lithothamnion. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 162. Between Loslos and Broken Islands, West Coast of Salawatti; coarse and fine sand 
with clay and shells. 18 M. 2 Ex. 
Stat. 164. i°42 / .5 S., I30 0 47'.5 E. 32 M. Sand, small stones and shells. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 258. Tual, Kei-islands. 22 M. Coral. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 273. Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, East coast of Aru-islands (Pearl-banks). 13 M. Sand and 
shells. 1 Ex. 
Non. loc. 1 Ex. 
This species is represented by eight specimens readily distinguished by their stout digiti- 
form processes, closely packed verrucae, and dark red coloration both of coenenchymal and 
anthocodial spicules. They agree almost completely with the description given by Thomson and 
