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Figure 25. — Tomopteridae, a-b, Tomopteris helgolandica: a, dorsal view young specimen 

 (after Emerton, in Hartman, 1944a) ; b, parapodium (after Moore, 1903b). c, Tomopteris 

 scptentrionalis, parapodium. 



where it appeared to be a cold-water coastal form (perhaps due to the 

 rapid shelving and upwelling in this region). 



Material examined. — Grampus (Bache) Station 10166, off South 

 Carolina (32°33' N., 72°14' W., 100-0 meters, January 30, 1914), 

 Albatross Station 20107, Eastern Channel between Browns and 

 Georges Banks (42°19' N., 66°02' W., 140-0 meters, April 10, 1920), 

 Station 20129, Continental edge off Nantucket shoals (40°05' N., 

 69°04' W., 100-0 meters. May 17, 1920). 



Distribution. — Cosmopolitan, Arctic, North Atlantic (off Norway 

 to Canaries, Baltic, North Sea, Mediterranean, Davis Strait to off 

 South Carolina), South Atlantic (off Africa), Antarctic, North Pacific 

 (Japan, British Columbia to central California), South Pacific (off 

 ChUe, New Zealand). Surface to 900 fathoms. 



Family Typhloscolecidae 



Exclusively pelagic. Body small, fusiform or cjdindrical, trans- 

 parent. Prostomium conical, sometimes terminating in a slender 

 palpode, without eyes. A pair of prominent nuchal organs. Tentac- 



