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Farven var paa det friskt indfangede Exemplar blegt 

 kjødrød, ræsentlig rei paa Grund af de gjennemskinnende 



Æg. 



Længden af selve Kroppen er 8" 

 altsaa tilsammen 12""". 



af Snabelen 4" m . 



Forekomst. Et enkelt Individ af denne characteri- 

 stiske Parasit erholdtes under Expeditionens Iste Togt i 

 Havet mellem Noi'ge og Island (Stat. 52) fra et Dyb af 

 1861 Favne. Exeinplaret var fastheftet til Ventralsiden 

 af Iste Bagkropssegment hos et Individ af den eiendomme- 

 lige ovenfor beskrevne Dybvandscaride, Hymenodora glaci- 

 alis (Buehholz). 



Oolour of the fresh speeimen a light-pink. pi-oduced. 

 one would imagine, in greater part by the eggs shining 

 through the skin. 



Length of trunk 8""", of proboscis 4"""; hence, altogether 

 12""». 



Occurrence. — A sole example of this characteristic 

 parasite came up, on the Ist cruise of the Expedition, in 

 the tract of ocean between Norway and Iceland (Stat. 52), 

 from a depth of 1861 fathoins. The animal was attached 

 to the ventral side of the Ist abdominal segment of a 

 speeimen of the above-described peculiar deep-sea Caridian, 

 Hymenodora gkicialis (Buehholz). 



