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Geographical and bathymetrlcal Distribution. 



•h.it in the cold deep-sea area, with depths from aboul t°° to i [09 fathoms 

 .• the bottom below zero, onlj g have been taken, and tint no1 



sclusivelj limited to that area \ui"n ies two, viz. 



Ohlin, have in that area only been 1 Stal C26 293 fath . 



the limit <>t the area / Nathorstu has also been found in Davis Strail ith., 



1 hile / ured al six stations in 1 (avis Strail . in depth- from 88 to 1 [99 fath., and 



temperature and besides in low watei .it Iceland, etc. Leucon spinulosus a. sp. has been taken 



Jan Mayen in r.003 fath., temp. . bul besides at three deep stations in the warm area, in 



' ampylaspis intermedia a. sp. has been taken south oi Jan Mayen, 37] fath., 

 tern] : . and besides in Davis Strait. 318 lath., temp. ; g Leptostylis villosa G. ( ». S. has been gathered 



the cold area, in 293 and 471 lath., temp. ■ 0.5 and o.6 c , bu1 besides in the warm area 

 in Davis Strait. ;is fath., temp. 3.9 . in low water at Iceland, furthermore south and north oi Iceland in 

 ths between aboul [8 and K14 fath. Leptostylis longimana G. < ). S. has been taken five times in the cold 

 are.; th . temp. : 0.6- . o.g . bul is was also secured at two typical stations in the warm area 



ral places in the North Sea. south-easl oi our area). Diastylis Rathkii Kr. was taken in the cold 

 lath., temp. .im\ several times in the warm area down to 420 lath., and in lower watei 



Heller was gathered once in tin- cold area. 537 lath., temp. : 0.7 . but besides in Davis 

 i1 m depths from 48 to about 200 fath. and the bottom temperature above zero. Diastylis polaris G. I I S 

 /' stygia G S may be called a typical inhabitant <>l the cold area, and the "Ingolf" captured it at 

 ten such stations in depths from 371 to 1309 fath., temp, . 0.4 : 1 1 . bul the same ship gathered also 

 imens in the warm area, in Davis Strait. 5NJ lath., temp. 3.3 . and Caiman records it from many stations 

 America between Lat. 41 ' s X. and I. at. 37 25' N . depths generally from [149 to [769 fathom- It is 

 interesting that, while 8 species of Tanaidacea and 15 species oi [sopoda an- in my earlier "Ingolf "-papers 

 trded as only taken in the cold d< area, not a single species ,,t Cumacea is limited to that area. 



\\V find also considerable differences as to bathymetrical distribution between Tanaidacea and [so- 

 hand and the Cumacea on the other. At the deepesl "Ingolf" station, Stat. 38, [870 lath., temp. 

 - oi Tanaidacea and 8 species of Isopoda were secured, hut not a single specimen of Cumac 

 ■ I fath., temp. (.5 I an enormous bottom material, espccialh sponges, was hauled up, and 

 of Tana; rid 11 species ot [sopoda, bul only i species oi Cumacea. Stat 24 i i [99 



yielded oi Tanaidacea t2, of [sopoda [5, bul of Cumacea only 6 -penes. The extremely 

 th., tern] at which only a rather small quantity of bottom material was hauled 



Tanaidacea, [8 species oi [sopoda living at the bottom (besides 2 bathypelagu 

 . proportionate^ good number of the last-named order From Stat, 

 thus more moderate depth, I had 8 species oi Tanaidacea, [6 species oi [sopoda, 

 Bul while all the stations now mentioned were the only places really rich as to 

 onlj twi g them, viz. and Stat 25, contained .1 good representation 



le last-named station with it- 582 fathoms the harvest was richer than from Stat 



