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Discussion: A very fine description of the species, both its adult 



and mastigopus stages, is given by Dr. Hansen in his report on the 



Sergestidae, Campagnes des yachts Hirondelle et Princess Alice, 



1885-1915. 

 DiSTKiBUTiON : This species is known throughout the Atlantic Ocean, 



the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea; also from the Indian 



Ocean. 



Synonymy. — Sergestes vigilax W. Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1860, p. 45. — A. Ortmann, Ergebnisse der Plankton Ex- 

 ped. der Humboldt-Stiftung, Bd. II, p. 36, 1893.— H. J. Hansen, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pp. 962 and 964, 1896; Crust. Decap. 

 (Sergestides) provenant des Campagnes des Yachts Hirondelle 

 et Princess Alice, 1885-1915; Res, Campagnes Sci. Monaco, fasc. 

 LXIV, p. 159, 1922 ; pi. 1, fig. 8, pi. 9, figs. 4a-4m, pi. 10, figs. 

 la-lc. — A, Senna, Bull. Soc. Entom. Italiana, anno 34, IV, 1902, 

 p. 287, figs. 4-5, pi. 10, fig. 15, pi. 11, figs. 1-12, pi. 12, figs. 1-14, 

 issued 1903.— 0. Pesta, Zool. Anzeiger Bd. XLII, p. 405, figs. 3 

 and 5, 1913 ; Sitzungber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Bd. 123, Abth. I, p. 

 200, figs. 9, 10, 11, 18 ; Arch, fur Naturgesch. Jahrg., 81, Abth. 

 A. 1, Berlin, 1915, p. 120 ; Die Decapoden fauna der Adria, p. 56, 

 fig. 16, 1918.— G. iLLiG, Deutsch. Sudpol. Exped., 1901-1903, Bd. 

 XV, Zool. VII, p. 367, fig. 29, 1914.— 0. Sund, Results Michael 

 Sars North Atlantic Deep Sea Atlantic Exped., p. 21, figs. 35-38, 

 1920. 



Sergestes parvidens Spence Bates, Rept. Sci. Results Voy. ''Chal- 

 lenger," Macrura, vol. 24, p. 409, pi. 74, fig. 3, 1888. 



Sergia clausi A. Konig, Denksehr. math, naturv. Kl. Akad. Wiss Wien, 

 Bd. LXII, p. 10, pi. 1, figs. 1-7, 1895. 



Sergestes oculatus A. Konig, op. cit., p. 11, pi. 1, fig. 8, pi. 2, figs. 9-11. 



Sergia magnifica S. Lo Bianco, Mitt. Zool. Staat. Neapel. Bd. XV, p. 

 434, 1902. 



Sergestes clausi J. Thiele, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. VIII, Festchrift. Karl 

 Mobius, p. 465, pi. 16, figs. 43-47, 1905. 



Sergestes grandis Sund. 



Plate 43. 



Type: Taken in the North Atlantic and deposited in the Bergen 

 Museum. 



Material examined: One specimen, taken with the dredge down 

 400 fms., bottom depth 500 fms., St. Raphael, bearing S. S. E., dis- 

 tance 9 miles, south of France, Mediterranean Sea, March 23, 1927. 



