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Measurements : 



Type, 



mm. mm. 



Total length 50 58 



Tip of body to base of dorsal arms 22 23 



Length of mantle, dorsal 18 18 



Length of mantle, ventral 17 18 



Width of mantle 10 10 



Width of neck 7 6 



Width of head across, eyes 9 8 



Length of head 4 5 



Length of right dorsal arm 29 33 



Length of left dorsal arm 29 29 



Length of right second arm 30 35 



Length of left second arm . 31 35 



Length of right third arm 31 33 



Length of left third arm 31 36 



Length of right ventral arm 29 32 



Length of left ventral arm , 29 26+ 



Length of funnel 8 7 



Length of umbrella between dorsal arms 3.5 4 



Length of umbrella between ventral arms 4 4 



{Note. — The arms and umbrella were measured from the edge of 

 the buccal membrane along the inner face.) 



Type.— In the Stanford University Collections [S. S. B. 189]. 



Type Locality. — Off Point Pinos, Monterey Bay, California; 

 four specimens from the stomach of a salmon {Onchorhynchus 

 tschawytscha) ; C. H. Gilbert, June 23, 1911. 



Distrihution. — Although the type and cotypes are the only speci- 

 mens now at hand, I feel little hesitation in referring to the present 

 species a juvenile Polypus in the University of California Collection 

 described by me in a previous paper (Berry, 1911, p. 303), thus 

 extending its known range as far to the southward as Santa Catalina 

 Island. 



Remarks. — P. pricei is most conspicuously characterized by the 

 delicate consistency of its tissues, large eyes, constricted neck, 

 very short subequal arms, short hyaline umbrella, elevated suckers, 

 pale coloration, and elongate pointed body, in outline somewhat 

 recalling that of an Argonauta. Owing to the inadequacy of the 

 material, I am unable to give a proper estimation of its relation- 

 ships with species from other geographic regions, but as compared 

 with all other West American and North Pacific forms, it seems clearly 

 distinct. In the key (Berry, 1912a, p. 271) the present species 

 would fall nearest to P. apollyon {hongkongensis) , but is certainly 



