THE SALPIDAE COLLECTED BY THE UNITED STATES 

 FISHERIES STEAMER "ALBATROSS," IN PHILIPPINE 

 WATERS, DURING THE YEARS 1908 AND 1909. 



By Maynard M. Metcalf, 



Of the Orchard Laboratory, Oberlin, Ohio, 



The collections of Salpidae, made by the United States Fisheries 

 steamer Albatross in Philippine waters, which were submitted to me 

 for study, are in 98 lots from 60 stations and contain 1 1 species and 

 1 new variety. 



The list is as follows : 



Salpa (Cyclosalpa) pinnata Forskal (1775), one individual of the 

 aggregated form from Station D 5456, east of Southern Luzon, 

 June 9, 1909. 



Salpa (Cyclosalpa) bakeri Ritter (1905), aggregated form, from 

 Station D 5437, between Bohol and Leyte, north of Mindanao, May 

 7, 1908, three specimens. 



Salpa (Ritteria) amboinensis Apstein (1904), solitary form, from 

 Station D 5530, Mindanao Sea, August 11, 1909. 



Salpa cylindrica Cuvier (1804), solitary and aggregated forms, 

 from six stations, as follows: D 5102, north of Manila Bay, January 

 6, 1908; D 5128, Sulu Sea, west of Negros, February 4, 1908; D 5155, 

 southwestern end of Sulu Archipelago, February 19, 1908; D 5456. 

 east of the southern end of Luzon, June 7, 1909. 



Salpa fusiformis Cuvier (1804), solitary and aggregated forms, 

 from seven stations, as follows: D 5120, south of Manilla Bay, Jan- 

 uary 21, 1908; D 5128, Sulu Sea, west of Negros, February 4, 1908; 

 D 5223, at the eastern end of the passage between Luzon and Min- 

 danao, April 24, 1908; D 5437, off the west coast of Luzon, May 8, 

 1908; D 5456, east of southern Luzon, June 7, 1909; D 5457, east of 

 southern Luzon, June 8, 1909; D 5601, Molucca Passage, east of 

 the north end of Celebes, November 7, 1909. 



Salpa maxima Forskal (1775), solitary and aggregated forms, from 

 eight stations, as follows: D 5155, D 5162, and D 5166, all at the 

 southwestern end of the Sulu Archipelago, February 19 to 24, 1908; 

 "Jolo Anchorage," southwestern Sulu Archipelago, March 5, 1908; 



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