276 . THE SCHIZOPODA. 



short as compared with that of tlic distal lobe which is somewhat convex; the 

 fourtli joint is well defined but very small and nearly more than twice as broad 

 as Ions; the exopod is badly defined and distally without any produced, free part. 



The largest specimen, a female, measures 12 mm. in length, but adult speci- 

 mens of both sexes are generally only 8-10 mm. long. 



Remarks. — More than half-grown to full-grown specimens of this small 

 species are easily distinguished from very young specimens of S. abbreviatum 

 of similar size by the antennal squama, which in .S'. carinatum is moderately 

 broad to the end and never reaches the middle of third joint of the antennular 

 peduncle, while in 8. abbreviatum the squama tapers conspicuously towards the 

 end and reaches to near the distal end of third antennular joint. This difference 

 is useful when the elongate second pair of legs, which differs extremely in the 

 two species, has been lost. 



It may be mentioned that a specimen from Sta. 4719 has an Epicarid fixed 

 between the eyes, and that a male from Sta. 4724 has an Epicarid on the carapace 

 a little from its front margin. 



Distribution. — The long list of Stations in the East Pacific shows that S. 

 carinatum is common in the major part of the area explored, but is wanting in a 

 broad longitudinal belt along the coast of America from the line southwards. 

 It is widely distributed in the Pacific according to the facts given above as to 

 its capture in 1899 and 1900 by the "Albatross," in 1897 at the Fiji Islands by 

 Dr. Agassiz, and Ortmann has recorded it from Lat. 28° 31' N., long. 141° 47' W., 

 the Hawaiian Islands. Sars has recorded it from off Kandavu, Fiji Islands, and 

 from of^' Mindanao, Philippine Islands. The "Siboga" captured it at a large 

 number of Stations in the Indian Archipelago. It is also widely distributed 

 in the Atlantic; Sars recorded it from "South Atlantic," Ortmann from the 

 Sargasso Sea, the St)uthern eciuatorial current and the Brazil current; finally 

 the Copenhagen Museum possesses it from Lat. 7° N., long. 30° W., from Lat. 

 17° 46' N., long. 51° 12' W., and from Lat. 20° 24' N., long. 83° W. (West 

 Indies). It has not infrequently been taken at the surface, and more than once 

 in large numbers. 



b. Species ivith the elongate pair of legs terminating in false chelae hoping no real 

 immovable finger but a very long and strong terminal, distally curved spine 

 {and near this tiro shorter spines) on the penultimate joint. 



