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Princesse-Alice station 465, 1894; Gorringe Bank (lat. 3630'30" N., long. 

 1136'15" W.); 175 meters; July 27-28, 1894 [Richard, 1900; Koehler, 1909]. 



Near the Gorringe Bank [A. H. Clark, 1911]. 



Princesse-Alice station 2034, 1905; Seine Bank, east of Madeira (lat. 3347' N., 

 long. 1421' W.); 185 meters; July 26, 1905 [Koehler, 1909; Tortonese, 1956]. 



Princesse-Alice station 1242, 1901; Seine Bank; 240 meters; gravel and broken 

 sheUs; September 10, 1901 [Koehler, 1909]. 



Dacia; Seine Bank; 150 meters [P. H. Carpenter, 1886, 1888; Chun, 1900]. 



Dacia; Seine Bank [A. H. Clark, 1913]. 



Seme Bank [A. H. Clark, 1911]. Near the Seme Bank [A. H. Clark, 1911]. 



Funchal Bay, Madeira; 183 meters [P. H. Carpenter, 1891; A. H. Clark, 1911]. 



Near Madeira; 914-1279 meters [P. H. Carpenter, 1891; A. H. Clark, 1911]. 



Talisman station 68, 1883; off Cape Bojador, southwestern Morocco (lat. 2616' 

 N., long. 1711' [1451'] W.); 250 meters; sand, shells and corals; July 8, 1883 [Parfait, 

 1884; Koehler and Vaney, 1910; A. H. Clark, 1911; Tortonese, 1956]. 



Michael Sars station 39B, 1910; off Cape Bojador Gat. 2603' N., long. 15 W.); 

 267-280 meters; fine gray sand [Grieg, 1921]. 



Skagerak; southwest of Cape Spartel, Tangier Gat. 3543' N., long. 612' W.); 130 

 meters; temperature 14.70 C.; salinity 36.35/ 00 ; May 27, 1946 (13, ?GothenburgM.) 

 [Gisl6n, 1947]. 



West African Fisheries Research Institute station MB1/B5; off Sierra Leone G^t. 

 0845' N., long. 1438' W.); 800 meters. Station MBl/Bl Gat. 0854' N., long. 

 1423' W.) ; 68 meters. Station MB1/B2 Gat. 0852' N., long. 1427' W.) ; 1 10 meters. 

 Station MB1/A5 Gat. 0822' N., long. 1422' W.); 132 meters. Station MB4/B5 

 Gat. 0733' N., long. 1331' W.); 140 meters. Station MB1/A7 Gat. 0819' N., long. 

 1421' W.); 286 meters. Station MB4/A5 Gat. 0714' N., long. 13 W.); 140 meters. 

 Station MB1/A6 Gat. 0821' N., long. 1422' W.); 132 meters. Station MB1/B3 

 Gat. 0850' N., long. 1429' W.); 118 meters; Mr. A. R. Longhurst (30, B.M.). 



Geographical Range. From south of the Faroe Islands, northwestern Scotland 

 and western Ireland southward to Madeira, Sierra Leone, and the western end of the 

 Straits of Gibraltar.* 



Bathymetrical range. From 46 to 1279 meters; the average depth of habitat is 

 316 meters. 



Thermal range. There are only three records, 9.61 C., 11.11 C., and 14.70 C. 



Salinity range. The single record is of 3 6.35% . 



Occurrence. The Porcupine in 1869 found this species abundant off Stornoway in 

 moderate water and in local patches off the northern coast of Scotland down to 274 

 meters, and still more common in the Minch in 73 to 110 meters. The Porcupine 

 records for the cold area, Faroe Channel, do not refer to this form, but to Poliometra 

 prolixa. 



Like L. phalangium, L. celtica is usually abundant wherever found. The 

 Helga dredged it in large numbers off southwestern Ireland in 503 meters ; the dredge of 

 the Talisman was completely filled with specimens in a haul in 126 meters south of 



*Tortonese (see Addenda for 1963) recorded as L. celtica specimens from off Morocco and Tunisia, 

 in 427-510 meters, extending the range into the Mediterranean. 



