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Occurrence: St. WS 160. 27. ii. 28. 53° 00' S, 36° 52' W. North of South Georgia. Net: N 70 V 500-250 m. 



2 specimens. 

 St. WS 388. 16. ii. 29. 62° 55' 30" S, 57° 40' W. Near the north point of Graham Land. Net: N 70 V 400-250 m. 



I specimen (for distribution see chart, text-fig. 9). 



Text-fig. 9. Distribution of: Arctapodema antarctkum = •, previous records= O. 

 A. amplum=A, previous records=A. A. australe=U, previous records=n. 



The specimen from St. 388 is only 4 mm. in diameter. The two specimens from St. 160 are 6 mm. 

 wide, with about 96 tentacles. Their gonads present some features of considerable interest. 



The gonads of A. ampliim have been described and figured in different ways, and evidently their 

 structure is variable. In the first specimen described by Vanhofl:'en (igozb) the stomach was very 

 small, its base surrounded by eight almost globular gonads. According to Maas (19066), who 



