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Condition of seven taxonomic characteristics of harpiniids (cont.) 



* teeth are ventral 



Abbreviations: X — positive, — negative, OX and XO — intermed 

 iate, XX — very strongly developed, a — above large teeth, 

 below large teeth 



TABLE 14 



Harpinia abyssi Sars 



Harpinia abyssi Sars 1885: 157-159, pi. 13, figs. 5, 5a-m; Sars 1886: 

 45; Sars 1895: 160-161, pi. 56, fig. 1; Norman 1900: 338; Grieg 

 1914: 20; Stephensen 1925: 169; Chevreux 1935: 74; Stephensen 

 1938: 157; Stephensen 1944: 54; Gurjanova 1951: 375-376, fig. 

 226. 



Harpinia abyssi Sars 1885: 157-159, pi. 13, figs. 5, 5a-m; Sars 1886: 

 45. 

 Distribution. — Widely collected in the Norwegian Sea and east and 



west of Greenland. Depth, 420 to 2702 meters. 



Harpinia amundseni Gurjanova 



Harpinia amundseni Gurjanova 1946: 281-282, fig. 13; Gorbunov 

 1946: 43; Gurjanova 1951: 376-377, fig. 227. 



Remarks. — This species is quite closely related to Harpinia plumosa 

 (Kroyer). The lower posterior corner of peraeopod 5, article 2, is 

 marked by an excavation guarded by 2 small teeth which is simply an 



