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IIVDROIDA 11 



The gonothecse are borne on short, ringed stalks, proceeding from the apophyses beside the hydro- 

 theca stalks. They are oblong, inversely conical, distally cut off transversely with a central short 

 and narrow, almost tubulous neck. The gonophores develope into free medusee (06e//'a). 



Material: 



"Thor" 64°o2' N., 22°33' W., depth 34 metres [labelled Laomedea gelafinosd\ 



63 3O' N., 2o°i4' W., - 80 



58°n' N., 2°28' W., — 60 - 



Greenland: Jakobshavn (depth not stated) 



Provens havn ( — - — ) 



Holstensborg ( — - ■ — ) 



Tasiusak, depth 3—5 fathoms (East Greenland Expedition). 

 Iceland: Berufjord, depth 6 fathoms | labelled Laomedea flexaosd] 

 Hornafjord (depth not stated) [labelled Laomedea Lovenii\ 



Vestmano, depth 25 — 28 fathoms [some of the specimens labelled Laomedea flexuosd\ 

 10 miles W. of Akranes, depth 26 fathoms [labelled Laomedea fle.\itosa\. 

 Stykkisholm, depth 20—30 fathoms [labelled Laomedea flexuosa\ 

 Kollafjord, — 4 — 5 



Dyrafjord (depth not stated). 

 The Faroe Islands: 5 miles N. by E. of Myggenass point, depth 50 fathoms. 



2 00 T). _»__ 600 m. .,......,_ luoom, . _ 2 000 rrt- 



Fig. LXXXVI. The distribution of Laomedea longissima in the Northern Atlantic. 

 In the hatched regions a common occurrence is stated. 



