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Amphiura élegans er endvidere lunden ved Bohuslån, 

 hvor den gaar ned til 120 — 130 Favnes Dyb (Loven); 

 Kattegat (Petersen); Øresund, 15 Fv. (Liitken); Shetlands- 

 øerne (Norman); de britiske Kyster (Forbes, Norman m. fl.); 

 Holland (Horst); Frankriges Vestkyst (Fischer); Middel- 

 havet, — 5 Fv. (M. Sårs, Ludvrig); Adriaterhavet (Graeffe); 

 Ægæerhavet, Azorerne, — 15, 200 — 300 Fv. (Ljungman); 

 Nordamerikas Østkyst (Lyman. Ljungman. 3(3 — 38 Fv., 

 Verrill, 115 — 487 Fv.); Yestindien (Liitken, Lyman. 

 Ljungman); Brasilien (Ljungman); Kap det Gode Haab 

 (Kinberg. Challenger, 98 Fv.); Sydost af Australien, 

 120 Fv. (Challenger). Der er saaledes neppe nogen Ophiu- 

 ride, som har en saa stor geografisk Udbredelse som 

 Amphiura élegans, da den sandsynligvis neppe mangler i 

 noget Farvand, naar undtages de arktiske og de mere 

 indelukkede som Østersøen. Dens bathymetriske Udbred- 

 nine er — 487 Fv. 



Amphiura borealis (G. 0. Sårs) Ljungman. 



1871. Amphiura 



1882. 



1871. Ophiopeltis borealis, G. 0. Sårs, Nye Echinodermer 



fra den norske Kyst, pag. 16. 



Ljungman, Øfversigt Kongl. 

 Vetensk. Akadm. Forhandl., 

 pag. 643 & 655. 



Lyman. Report on the Ophiu- 

 roidea, Chall. Exp. Zool., vol. V, 

 part 14. pag. 144. 

 1892. — Jeffrey Bell. Catalogue of 



British Ecbinoderms, pag. 121. 



Findested. 



Station No. 8 1 Exemplar. 



— „ ioi 1 



,. 147 4 Exemplarer. 

 Imellem — .. 173&174 1 Exemplar. 

 „ 195 2 Exemplarer. 



Udbredelse. 



Amphiura borealis er tidligere funden ved Lofoten, 

 80—300 Fv., Bodø, 80—120 Fv. (G. O. Safs); Rødbjergs- 

 bugten i Trondhjemsfjorden, 200—300 Fv. (V. Storm); 

 Havdybet udenfor Storeggen, 400 Fv. (G. 0. Sårs); 

 Korsfjorden. 120 Fv. (Norman); Hvitingsø. 150 Fv. 

 (G. 0. Sårs). Arten synes saaledes at være udbredt langs 

 hele vor Vestkyst, den synes dog overalt at være sjelden. 



Udenfor Norge er den kun funden en Gang i Færø- 

 kanalen (Porcupine 1869, Stat. 74. 203 Fv.). Samtlige 

 Findesteder ligger indenfor den varme Area. 



Amphiura élegans i^ further met with at Bohuslen, 

 where it passes down to a depth of 120 — 130 fath. (Loven ; 

 the Cattegat (Petersen); Øresund, 15 fath. (Liitken); the 

 Shetlands Islands (Norman); the British coasts (Forbes. 

 Norman, and others); Holland (Horst); the west coast of 

 France (Fischer); the Mediterranean, — 5 fath. (]VI. Sårs, 

 Liulwig); the Adriatic Sea (Graeffe); the Ægean Sea, 

 • the Azores, — 15, 200 — 300 fath. (Ljungman); the east 

 coast of North America (Lyman. Ljungman, 36 — 38 fath. 

 Verrill, 115—487 fath.); the West Endies -(Liitken, Lyman, 

 Ljungman); the Brazils (Ljungman); the Cape of Good 

 Hope (Kinberg, Challenger. 98 fath.); the south-east of 

 Australia, 120 fath. (Challenger). There is. therefore, 

 scarcely any Ophiuridean which has such a wide geograph- 

 ical distribution as Amphiura élegans, as it is probably 

 scarcely absent in any waters with the exception of the 

 Arctic seas, and the more enclosed seas, such as the 

 Baltic. Its bathymetrical distribution is — 487 fath. 



1882. 



1892. 



Amphiura borealis (G. 0. Sårs) Ljungman. 



1871. Ophiopeltis borealis, G. 0. Sårs, Nye Echinodermer 



fra den norske Kyst. pag. 16. 

 1871. Amphiura Ljungman, Øfversigt Kongl. 



Vedensk. Akadm. Forhandl., 



pag. 643 & 655. 

 — Lyman, Report on the Ophiu- 



roidea, Chall. Exp. Zool., vol. V. 



part 14, pag. 144. 



Jeffrey Bell. Catalogue of 



British Ecbinoderms, pag. 121. 



Localities. 



Station No. 8 1 specimen. 



„ 101 1 



147 4 specimens. 

 Between — ,. 173&174 1 specimen. 



„ 195 2 specimens. 



Distribution. 



Amphiura borealis has been previously found at Lo- 

 foten, 80—300 fath.; Bodo, 80—120 fath. (G. 0. Sårs); 

 Rodbjerg Bay in the Trondhjem fiord. 200—300 fath. 

 (V. Storm); the ocean depths off Storeggen, 400 fath. 

 (G. 0. Sårs); the Korsfjord. 120 fath. (Norman): Hvitingsb, 

 150 fath. (G. O. Sårs). The ^p(•<'ies appears, therefore, to 

 be distributed along the entire Norwegian coast. It every- 

 where appears, however. to be rare. 



Beyond Norway it has only once been met with, in 

 the Færo channel (Porcupine. 1869, Stat. 74, 203 fath.). 

 All the localities lie within the warm area. 



