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gulf, just as in the Norwegian fjords (Wollebaek, 1908), and very probably it lives 

 on the bottom part of the time. 



The material at hand is not sufficient to throw any light on the breeding habits 

 of Pasiphaea in the Gulf, except that females carrying the very large eggs were taken 



Fio. 47.— Locality records tor the decapodous shrimp Pasiphaea. X. P- multidentata: O P- tarda: A. S. I. Smith's record. 



(See p. 131) 



in August (station 10254) but not in March or April. The locations of capture 

 suggest the western basin (where we have usually, though not invariably, found it 

 in our deepest hauls) as the chief local center of abundance for Pasiphaea, but it is 



