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The slight point at the lower corner of the third epimeron seen on 

 the specimens at hand also appears in P. robusta. 



All of these features in common have led me to conclude that the 

 above synonymy is correct. No doubt, further examination of materials 

 from both continents will reveal subspeciation, but I am convinced that 

 the two groups represent the same species. 



Both of the names proposed by Miss Gurjanova are homonyms so 

 that the earliest available name for the species is P. milleri. 



Material examined. — 49 specimens from 2 stations. 



Distribution. — Bering Sea and Japan Sea; Puget Sound; recorded 

 here from Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, sand flats at low water, 

 coll. E. W. Bousfleld ; San Francisco Bay, coll. F. Filice. 



Paraphoxus milleri lindbergi (Gurjanova), new combination 



Pontarpinia (sic) robusta lindbergi Gurjanova 1953: 224-225, figs. 7, 8. 



Remarks. — Miss Gurjanova distinguishes this subspecies from the 

 typical one by the lack of an antennal process on the head ; and the 

 sixth article of peraeopods 1 and 2 is shorter. I have already explained 

 above that I believe the head process is an artifact, in part, and the 

 variation of the peraeopods is of minor nature and possibly the response 

 of the animal to a special environment. However, the remarkable thing 

 about ssp. lindbergi is the short inner ramus on the male uropod 3, 

 which is unique in the genus and contrary to the situation in typical 

 P. milleri (=P. robusta). Indeed, if this is normal, then the systematic 

 status of the subspecies must be conserved. 



Distribution. — Eastern side of Iturup Island, Kurile Islands, 20-75 

 m. 



OTHER SPECIES 



Paraphoxus australis (K. H. Barnard), new combination 



Phoxus batei, Thomson 1882:232-233, pi. 17, figs. 2a-e {fide Hurley 



1954), not Haswell 1880. 

 Protophoxus australis Barnard 1930: 335-336, fig. 12 

 Pontharpinia australis, Hurley 1954: 581-587, figs. 1-28 



Distribution. — New Zealand: North Cape, Three Kings Island, 

 Spirits Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, Port Chalmers, Stewart Island 

 (Paterson Inlet) at the surface, surface at night, and dredged down to 

 30 fms. 



