AMMOTHEIDAE 



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Length of proboscis ... 

 Basal width of proboscis 

 Length of trunk 



Length of cephalic segment 



Width of anterior border of cephalon 

 Width across second lateral processes 

 Length of abdomen ... 

 Length of chelophore 



Measurements {mm.) 



Third leg: 

 First coxa .. 

 Second coxa 



6-8 



2-0 



7-6 

 3-2 



2-53 



6-4 



3-07 



2-2 



Third coxa ... 



Femur 



First tibia ... 



Second tibia 



Tarsus and propodus 



Claw 



Auxiliaries ... 



1-4 



3-2 



1-2 



9-8 



8-2 



lO-O 



3-2 



1-55 

 0-6 



Ammothea carolinensis, Leach (= Ammothea grandis, PfefFer). 



A. carolinensis. Caiman, 1915 a, pp. 310-314, text-figs. 1-3 (references on p. 314, that of 



Hodgson, 1907, excepted); 1915, p. 52. 

 Leionymphon grande, Hodgson, 1908, p. 179. 



St. 141. 29. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, 200 yards from shore, under Mount 

 Duse, 17-27 m.; M. Small beam trawl: i immature specimen. 



St. 145. 7. i. 27. Stromness Harbour, South Georgia, between Grass Island and Tonsberg Point, 

 26-35 m. Small beam trawl: i ovigerous ^. 



S.S. Carl. i.iv. 25. Brought up on anchor in Maiviken, South Georgia: i specimen, soft, 

 probably a slightly immature ?. 



Sappho Pt. 2. iv. 26. Grytviken, South Georgia, washed up on beach: i ?, overgrown with 

 Polyzoa. 



Shore Collection. 25. ii. 26. Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, near Green Point: i ?, overgrown 

 with Polyzoa on proboscis and legs. 



Distribution. Western Antarctic— South Georgia and farther south. 



Ammothea clausi, Pfeffer. 



Bouvier, 1913, p. 135, text-figs. 88, 89 (for references and synonymy). 

 Loman, 1923, p. 23. 



St. 141. 29. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, 200 yards from shore, under Mount 

 Duse, 17-27 m.; M. Small beam trawl: i ?. 



St. 170. 23. ii. 27. Off Cape Bowles, Clarence Island, 61° 25' 30" S, 53° 46' W, 342 m.; R. 

 Large dredge : 2 ??. 



St. 195. 30. iii. 27. Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetlands, 62° 07' S, 58° 28' 30" \V, 

 391 m.; M. St. Medium otter trawl: 3 ?? (one with 4 egg capsules (?) attached to proboscis), 

 2 immature specimens. 



WS25. 17. xii. 26. Undine Harbour (North), South Georgia, 18-27 m.; M. S. Small beam 

 trawl : 2 ?$. 



WS 62. 19. i. 27. Wilson Harbour, South Georgia, 15-45 m. Small beam trawl: i ?. 



MS 62. 24. ii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, i cable E to 3I cables S of Hobart Rock, 31-4° m- 

 Small beam trawl : i ?. 



MS 67. 28. ii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, 3 cables NE of Hobart Rock to \ cable W of Hope 

 Point, 38 m. Small beam trawl : i immature specimen. 



MS 68. 2. iii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, 17 miles S i E to 81 cables SE x E of Sappho Point, 

 220-247 m. Large rectangular net: 2 $$, I (J. 



