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HVDROIDA II 



The gonothecse are borne on short, ringed stalks, proceeding from the apophyses beside the hydro- 

 theca stalks. They are oblong, inversely conical, distally cut off transversely with a central short 

 and narrow, almost tubnlons neck. The gonophores develope into free medusae (Obeliu). 



Material: 



"Thor" 64°02' N., 22°33' W., depth 34 metres [labelled Laomedea gelaiinosd] 



63 C 3C N., 2o°i4' W., - 80 — 



58°u' N., 2°28' W., - 60 - 



Greenland: Jakobshavn (depth not stated) 



Provens havu ( — - — ) 



Holstensborg ( — - — ) 



Tasiusak, depth 3 — 5 fathoms (East Greenland Expedition). 

 Iceland: Berufjord, depth 6 fathoms [labelled Laomedea flexnosa\ 

 Hornafjord (depth not stated) [labelled Laomedea Lovenii] 



Vestmano, depth 25 — 28 fathoms [some of the specimens labelled Laomedea flexuosa\ 

 10 miles W. of Akraues, depth 26 fathoms [labelled Laoi/icdfa dexuosa]. 

 Stykkisholm, depth 20—30 fathoms [labelled I^aomedea flexuosa\ 

 Kollafjord, — 4 — 5 



Dyrafjord (depth not stated). 

 The Faroe Islands: 5 miles N. by E. of Myggenres point, depth 50 fathoms. 



200 m. . 600 m. tooo m. 2000 m- 



Fig. LXXXVI. The distribution of Laomedea longissima in the Northern Atlantic. 

 In the hatched regions a common occurrence is stated. 



