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Special material examined. — Vanne, Norway, 14-8-25, 70-100, and 

 140-150 m, 8 specimens, courtesy Dr. T. Soot-Ryen, Tromso Museum. 



Remarks. — The specimens compared favorably with the drawings 

 by Sars 1895. The palp of the first maxilla was found to be biarticulate, 

 not uniarticulate. This error, promulgated for more than a half century, 

 has been the partial cause for the host of genera erected for paraphoxids 



PLATE 28 



Paraphoxus oculatus (Sars), male, young, 4.5 mm, Sta. 2293-53. 



Figs. A,B, head; C, antenna 2; D, uropod 3. 

 Female, 4.75 mm, Sta. 2293-53. Figs. E, uropod 3; F, pleon segments 2-3. 

 Female, 3.75 mm, Vanno, Norway. Fig. G, maxilla 1, palp. 



having two-jointed maxillary palps. Sars' figure of the fourth article of 

 the maxillipedal palp is unclear but specimens from both Norway and 

 southern California demonstrate the presence of the apical spine. 



In other respects, the southern California specimens fit Sars' fig- 

 ures, although they are less than half the size of Norwegian specimens. 



The epistome of the species is quite large and bulbous but rounded 

 in front. 



I am unable to recognize any marked qualitative differences of 

 P. maculatus (Chevreux) and believe that the slight quantitative dif- 

 ferences of more slender appendages are simply the result of the species 



