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References : Amphicaryon acaule, Chun, C, Sitz. Akad. Wiss. 

 Berlin, Bd. XLIV, 1888, p. 1162.— Bigelow, H. B., Mem. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., 1911, vol. XXXVIII, p. 195, pi. 4, figs. 1-8. 



Mitrophyes peltifera, Haeckel, E., Rept. Voy. H. M. S., "Chal- 

 lenger" Zool., vol. XXVIII, 1888, p. 131 ; Jena Zeit. f . Natur- 

 wiss., 1888, p. 34. — Chun, C, Ergeb. der Plankton Exp., II, 

 K.-b, 1897, 1888, p. 102. 



Family: HIPPOPODIIDAE 



Genus: HIPPOPODIUS Quoy and Gaimard 

 Hippopodius hippopus (Forskal), s. s. Schneider 



Type : Forskal's type is no longer extant. 



Distribution: This species is vi^ell known in the Atlantic 

 from the West Indies eastward to the coast of Europe, also in the 

 Mediterranean Sea. It is also known from one record in the 

 Malaysian region (Lens and Van Riemsdijk) and is generally dis- 

 tributed in the eastern tropical Pacific (Bigelow). Bathymetric 

 occurrence : surface to 400 fathoms. 



Material examined : Ten detached nectophores, the largest 

 one being 12 millimeters long, the smallest one about 3 millimeters 

 long, the remainder being a series intermediate between these 

 two. These were taken in 250 fathoms, about seven miles off 

 Fuerte Ventura, Puerto Cabras, Canary Islands, February 18, 

 1932. 



Technical description: Numerous excellent descriptions 

 and illustrations of this species are cited by Bigelow (1911) . 



References: Gleba hippopus, Forskal, P., Icones rerum natu- 

 ralium quas in itinere orientali, 1776, Hauniae, p. 14, taf. 43, 

 fig. 1. 



Hippopodius hippopus, Schneider, K. C, Zool. Anz., Bd. XXI, 

 1898, p. 82. — Bigelow, H. B., Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1911, 

 vol. XXXVIII, p. 208 (with extensive synonymy) . 



