1-rSIII.RV ISLLLliTIN; VOL. 6'>, NO. 4 



Bowmaniella portoricensis 



Figure '.i. — (ieographic distribution of Bowinaniella 

 portoricensis based on specimens in the collection at the 

 NMFS Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. 



larval stas'es — V, VI, and VII, with lengths from 

 1.0 to 1.2 mm — are represented. The jiresence 

 of larvigerous females as well as immature spe- 

 cimens in May and Jime samjiles reveals that 

 />*. portoricevslf! si)awns not only in early sum- 

 mer, but in the spiMnfjtime as well. 



The NMFS collection contains :'A males and 

 47 females, a ratio of 0.7 male to 1 female. 



Auchialiiia typica (Kr0ycr, 1861) 



This moderately small, stout mysid is widely 

 distributed in both the Atlantic and Pacific 

 Oceans. It has been reported from the Pacific 

 near the central (Hawaii and Gilbert Islands) 

 and southwestern (China Sea to (Jreat Barrier 

 Reef) res'ions. According to Tattersall (19.")]) 

 it is abundant in the region of the Philijjpine 

 Islands and the East Indies. Though it has been 

 reiiorted in the North Atlantic from south of 

 Newfoundland (Nouvel, 1943), records from 

 the vicinity of the Bahama Islands and Cuba are 

 the most common. Many occurrence records 

 in the literature are ba.sed on siiecimens collected 

 in surface waters. 



The NMFS collection contains three speci- 

 mens from thi'ee difi^'erent stations (Figure 4; 



Anchialina typica 



Klia lii-: 1. — (it'ogi'apliic distribution of Aiicliialiiia typica 

 based on specimens in the collection at the NMF.S Rio- 

 logical Laboratory, Woods Hole. 



