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Color.—Stem and rachis creamy white, polyp bodies purplish 
brown banded with yellowish white. 
Type.—Cat. No. 22534, U.S.N.M., Albatross Station 3909, north 
coast of Molokai, 308-322 fathoms. 
Distribution—South coast of Molokai: Station 3828, 281-319 
fathoms (Cat. No. 22531, U.S.N.M.) ; Station 3836, 238-255 fathoms 
(Cat. No. 22537, U.S.N.M.). 
Between Molokai and Maui: Station 3868, 294-684 fathoms (Cat. 
No. 22522, U.S.N.M.); Station 4096, 272-286 fathoms (Cat. No. 
99525, U.S.N.M.); Station 3898, 258-284 fathoms (Cat. No. 22538, 
U.S.N.M.).. - 
North coast of Molokai: Station 3909, 308-822 fathoms (Cat. No. 
99534, U.S.N.M.); Station 3910, 311-337 fathoms; Station 3911, 
334-337 fathoms (Cat. No. 22532, U.S.N.M.); Station 3919, 220-257 
fathoms (Cat. No. 22530, U.S.N.M.). 
Off Kauai: Station 3994, 330-882 fathoms (Cat. No. 22529, 
U.S.N.M.) ; Station 4017, 305 fathoms (Cat. No. 22541, U.S.N.M.) ; 
Station 4130, 283-309 fathoms (Cat. No. 22526, U.S.N.M.); Station 
4131, 257-812 fathoms (Cat. No. 22542, U.S.N.M.). 
South coast of Oahu: Station 4039, 670-697 fathoms. (Cat. No. 
92539, U.S.N.M.) 
Between Molokai and Oahu: Station 4105, 314-835 fathoms (Cat. 
No. 22528, U.S.N.M.); Station 4118, 322 fathoms (Cat. No. 22535 
U.S.N.M.). | 
— Northwest coast of Oahu: Station 4117, 253-283 fathoms (Cat. No. 
99536, U.S.N.M.); Station 4119, 84-167 fathoms (Cat. No. 225338, 
U.S.N.M.). 
Northeast coast. of Hawaii: Station 4081, 202-220 fathoms (Cat. 
No. 22527, U.S.N.M.). 
North coast of Maui: Station 4086, 283-308 fathoms. (Cat. No. 
22523, U.S.N.M.). | 
Off Bird Island: Station 4176, 537-672 fathoms. 
This species is the most abundant one in the collection. 
Family UMBELLULID Kolliker. 
Polyps very large, without calyces, and borne in a cluster at the 
end of an exceedingly long stem. 
Genus UMBELLULA Lamarek. 
Being the only genus in the family, it has the same diagnostic 
characters. 
