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small spine or tooth, as in N. dentata. The median carina of the male is 

 higher than in the female, but there is less difference than in the above 



Fig. 78. Nectocrangon ovifer. ? (nat. size). Station 3225. a. Dorsal view of 

 carapace and abdomen, b. Side view of carapace and part of abdomen. 



species. The hands are from three and a half to four times as long as 

 their width across the palm, like those of N. lar. The eggs are larger 

 than those of N. lar or N. dentata, having a diameter of 

 i about 1.8 mm. as against 1.2 in iV! dentata. 



Dimensions. — Female bearing eggs, length 60 mm., 

 length of carapace 17.4 mm. Male, length 35.5 mm., 

 Fig. 79. N7cto- length of carapacc 9 mm. 

 T''"x'"i)^^stll Type locality.— OK the Trinity Islands, Alaska, 159 

 cie" ^" chda. "' fathoms {Albatross station 2853). 



Distribution.— BQxmg Sea, from 57O 39' 00" north latitude to Aleutian 

 Islands and Alaska Peninsula as far as Kadiak, 56-368 fathoms, at 26 

 stations of the Albatross. 



The three foregoing species are not to be separated at a glance, but 

 the examination of hundreds of specimens of each shows that the differ- 

 ences here mentioned are constant. 



NECTOCRANGON CALIFORNIENSIS Rathbun. 

 Nectocrangon californiensis Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 892, 1902. 

 Allied to JV. ovifer. Represented only by small specimens which differ 

 from specimens of iV. ovifer of equal size. The anterior margin outside 

 the orbital fissure is fur- 

 nished with two spines 

 close together, instead of {« 

 one in the alHed species. 

 The eyes are smaller than in N. ovifer, 

 but have a prominent tubercle. The 

 spine of the antennal scale extends only 

 slightly beyond the blade. The hands .^^'t^^J^S.^'TZ'J^^^^^Z'^^^^^^ 

 are from three and a half to four times pace and abdomen, b. sideview. 



as long as wide ; they have the spine situated nearer the proximal end 



