JAPANESE ^STEEOIDEA. 79 



81° 1' n. Br. sind die allernördliclisten aller bis dato von Spitzbergen 



bekanuteu. 



"A. BiEüLA. 1899. St. 23=23'^ (13)= [Storfjord, lat. 76° 42 N., long. 

 17° 28' E., 139-131.5 m., coarss stone fragments, bottom temperature 0.7° 



C.]. 



"Dr. TscHERNYSCHEV. 1899. St. 27 = 50'\'l) = [Lat. 80° 57' N., long. 

 20° 51' E., 190 m., mud, bottom temperature 0.7° C] u. 28 = 56^X1) = [La.t. 

 81° 1' N., long. 18° 28' E., 180 m., mud, bottom temp. 0.3° G.]. 



"Dr. A. W^VLKOWITSCH. 1900. St. 1 = Gl'^(2) = [Storfjord, near Whales- 

 liead, lat. 77° 27' N., long. 18° 45' E., 120.5 m., mud, bottom temp. -1.9°- 

 -2° C], 2 = 62'^ (sehr zahlreich)[ = Storfjord, near Whalesliead, lat. 77° 28' N., 

 long. 18° 40' E., 108-117 m., mud, bottom tamp. -2° C], 5 3.65^' (10)[= 

 Icefjord, opposite Advent Bay, lat. 78° 22' N., long. 15° 25' E., 243 m., 

 mud, gravel and ' smaU algae' C?^, bottom temp. 0.8° C] u. 9 = 69^\8)[= 

 Icefjord; lüassbiliu Bay, 5 nautical miles from Nordenskjöld Glacier, lat. 

 78° 37' N., long. 16° 40' E., 142-133 m., thin mud witli numerous stones, 

 bottom temp. -1.9° C.]. 1901. St. 6 = 76'\1G)[ = Storfjord, between Whales- 

 head and Cape Agardh, lat. 77° 47' N., long. 19° 07' E., 101 m., soft mud 

 with fragments of annelid tubes, bottom temp. -1.8° C] u. 14 = 84^^(2) [ = 

 Storfjord, lat. 78° 3' N., long. 20° 5' E., 75.5 m., thin sandy mud with 

 gTavel, bottom temp. 2.5 C.]." 



Norman refers to tliis species as follows [ : 03, p. 407] : " Ctenodiscus 

 crisjjatus, Ketzius. Inner reach of Lang Eiord, in 5-30 fathoms ; Bog Fiord, 

 in 100-120 fathoms ; and Varanger Fiord, 100-125 fathoms." 



MiCHAiLOVSKi.T mentions Ct. cornicidatits from the vicinity of Nova Zembla 

 as follows [ : 04, p. 171] : " Das Verhältnis r : R schwankt bei den gemein- 

 samen Exemplaren von 1 : 1.8 bis 1 : 2.2. Von einer Station Hegen zwei 

 unregelmässig gebildete Formen vor, bei welchen je zwei Ai-me einander 

 beträchtlich genähert und auf eine gewisse Strecke liin gleichsam mit einander 

 verschmolzen sind." The specimens were obtained at the following stations : 

 St. 41 = lat. 72° 51 N., long. 37° 52' E., 240 m., nmd with stones, bottom 



1) These numerals show the numbers of the stations in the whole series : those in paren- 

 theses the number of specimens tiiken. 



