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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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EPHYRINJE. 

 ACANTHEPHYRA A. M.-Edwards. 



The figures of Acanthephyra armata, which Mihie-Edwards has re- 

 "Ceutly published (Recueil de figures de Crustac^s nouveaux on peu 

 '«onuus), show that it is congeneric with my Miersia Agassizii. Milue- 

 Edwards's genus was characterized in a very indefinite manner, one of 

 the original species has since been referred to Pandalus, and no char- 

 acters have been given for distinguishing it from Miersia; but as 

 Milne-Edwards probably had access to typical species of Miersia, 

 Acanthephyra is most likely a distinct genus, which should include the 

 two following species. 



In both these species the structure, number, and arrangement of the 

 loranchiae is essentially as in the typical species of Pandalus^ except 

 there is no epipod at the base of the fourth leg, so that the branchial 

 :formula is as follows : 



Somites. 



Epipods 



-PodobrancliiaB. . 

 Arthrobranchias 

 ^learobrauchi» 



(6) 



12+ (6) 



Acanthephyra Agassizii. 



Miersia Agassizii Smith, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., x, p. 67, pi. 11, figs. 5-7 ; 



pi. 12, figs. 1-4. 1882. 



(Plate VIII, Fig. 1.) 

 Specimens examined. 



Gatalogne 

 nnmber. 



Station 

 nomber. 



Locality— 

 N. lat. W. long. 



Depth. 



Temperature 



and nature of 



bottom. 



Specimens — 



With 



5547 

 5530 

 5554 

 7083 

 7084 



7085 



7086 

 7087 



7088 

 7098 

 7089 

 7090 

 7026 

 5469 

 5454 

 5452 

 5462 

 5465 

 5640 

 7134 

 5683 

 5643 

 6685 



2002 

 2003 

 2030 

 2034 

 2037 

 2040 

 2041 

 2042 

 2043 

 2047 

 2051 



2052 

 2053 

 2072 

 2075 

 2077 

 2083 

 2094 

 2095 

 2098 

 2099 

 2099 

 2100 

 2102 

 2103 

 2106 

 2110 

 2116 



37 20 42 



37 16 30 

 39 29 45 

 39 27 10 



38 53 00 



39 35 13 

 30 22 50 

 39 33 00 



39 49 00 



40 02 30 

 39 41 00 



39 40 05 

 42 02 00 



41 53 00 

 41 40 30 

 41 09 40 



40 26 40 

 39 44 30 

 39 29 00 

 37 40 30 

 37 12 20 



37 12 20 

 39 22 00 



38 44 00 

 38 47 20 

 37 41 20 

 35 12 10 

 35 45 23 



74 17 36 

 74 20 36 

 71 43 00 

 69 56 20 

 69 23 30 

 68 16 00 

 68 25 00 

 68 26 45 

 68 28 30 



68 49 40 



69 20 20 



69 21 25 



68 27 00 

 65 35 00 

 65 35 00 

 06 02 00 



67 05 15 



71 04 00 



70 58 40 

 70 37 30 



69 39 00 

 69 39 00 



68 34 30 



72 38 00 



72 37 00 



73 03 20 



74 37 15 

 74 31 25 



Fath. 

 641 



640 

 588 

 1,346 

 1,731 

 2, 226 

 1,608 

 1,555 

 1,467 

 389 

 1,106 



1,098 



105 



858 



855 



1,255 



959 



1,022 



1,342 



2,221 



2,949 



2,049 



1,628 



1,209 



1,091 



1,497 



616 



gn. M. 



en. M. 



bu. M. 

 41°; gib. O. 

 38° ; gib. O. 

 gib. O. 

 38° ; gib. O. 

 38JO; glb.O. 

 38JO ; gib. 0. 

 62° ; bu. m. 

 39° ; bu. M. gib. 

 O. 

 45° ; gib. 0. 



bu. M. 

 39° ; gy. M. 

 39° ; fne. S. M. 

 39° ; bu. M. 

 40°; gy. M. 

 38J° ; F. M. 



gib. O. 



gib. O. 



gib. o. 



gib. O. 

 37 i°; gib. O. 

 39° ; gib. 0. 

 39° i gib. O. 

 42J°; gib. O. 

 40°; bn. M. 

 39° i bo. M. 



