CRUSTACEA MAtACOSTRACA. 



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Baffin Bay: St. ;^^: 67° 57' N. L,., 55°3o'W. L., 35 fm., temp. o-8°; many spec. 



In Malac. Groenl. I have mentioned a large number of localities from 76° 8' N. L. to 6o°8'N.L,. 

 along the west coast of Greenland, and it has been taken at Grinnell Land at 8272° N.L.; concerning 

 the depth I wrote that the species "is found very frequently in shallow water from about 5—10 fm., 

 is common in 30—50 fm. and is noted several times from deep water, thus twice even from 200 fm." 

 Later discoveries in these regijons have not appreciably extended our knowledge; it is stated by Ohlin 

 and Ortmann that the species is common between 76° and 79° N. L. in 5 to 40 fm. At East Green- 

 land the species is common at Tasiusak, 65° 37' N. L. (Kruuse, i^' Amdrup Exjx); it was taken by the 

 2"^ Amdrup E.xp. at 69° 44' N. L., 23'/2°W. L. in the eel-seine, 3—0 fm., many specimens; at 74° i8'N. L,., 

 19° 50' W. L., 10 fm., I specimen and at 741/2° N. L., 18° 45' W. L., anchorage, several specimens; it has 

 been taken many times on the tract 72^/3° N. L. to at least 75° N. L. according to Ohlin and Buch- 

 holz. — It has never been found at Jan Mayen, Iceland or the Faeroes. 



Distribution. G. O. Sars writes that the Christiania Museum contains two specimens which 

 'from the label attached" were taken by Prof. Rasch at Christianssund. I have considerable doubts 

 as to whether the two specimens really came from Christianssund, as this large and easily recognised 

 species has not been taken in Europe either before or since. On the east coast of America it goes 

 southward to ca. 4173° N.L.; from here and as far as HaHfax in Nova Scotia it has been taken 

 repeatedly in 1—72 fm. (Smith, M. Rathbun); it has also been taken in the St. Lawrence estuarj-, at 

 Labrador (Smith), and in Cumberland Sound on the west side of Davis Straits (Pfeffer). It has also 

 been found in the waters north of the Bering Straits and in the Bering Sea (Owen, Stimpson); along 

 the west coast of America at Queen Charlotte Islands (Smith) and in Puget Sound, ca. 47° N. L. 

 (Caiman); la.stly at Kamtschatka and the Kurile Islands (Brandt). 



After giving a correct account of the distribution of this species Doflein writes: "Die Art ist 

 somit cirkumpolar". Excluding Christianssund which lies far south of the Polar Circle (and which as 

 mentioned must be regarded as doubtful), the species is still unknown from Jan Mayen and along 

 the north coasts of Europe and Asia to the Bering Sea, thus, over almost 200 of the 360 degrees of 

 longitude! We cannot deny, that Dr. Doflein does not ask much of the distribution of a species whose 

 circumpolarity he considers as proved. 



Remarks. The largest specimen I have seen is 119 mm. long from the tip of the rostrum; 

 it was taken at Akugdlek, 68° 40' N. L., on the west coast of Greenland. 



59. Spirontocaris microceros Kr. 



1841. Hippolyte microceros Kroyer, Nat. Tidsskr., 3. B., p. 579. 



! 1842. — — Kroyer, Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. math.-naturv. Afh., Niende Del, p. 341, Tab. V, 



Fig- 105—109. 

 Occurrence. The "lugolf" has not taken this species. 



In Malac. Groenl. I have given the following localities: Proven (ca. 72° 23' N. L.), Umanak, 



Ivigtut and Nanortalik (ca. 6o°8'N. L.); the Copenhagen Museum also possesses some other West 



Greenland specimens, without special locality. The species has not been found at West Greenland 



The Ingolf-Expedition. HI. 2, 9 



