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fig. 5. The denticulated spines and the claw are almost alike in both 
sexes (See also Wilson 1. c.) 
The legs are comparatively stout; the second and the fourth 
joint of the leg of the female is strongly distended: the second 
shows at the ventral side in the middle of the distention near the 
articulation with the third joint a very large genital (Fig. 7) 
opening. The fourth joint is distended with the ovary.. The first tarsal 
joint is not half the second, but shorter (Fig. 6); the auxiliary 
claws are very short: their length being as already stated by Wil- 
son about one fifth the dactylus. 
The genital openings of the males are very small and present only 
at the third and fourth pair of legs (Fig. 8). 
The hairiness of the body and the legs varies greatly for the diffe- 
rent speeimens. In general the males are more hairy than the females. 
Among the latter there are some, which appear almost entirely naked, 
as they are furnished with small hairs on the surface, whereas larger 
ones are found only at the border of the different joints of the legs. 
Yet there are female speeimens, which like the males are covered with 
coarse hairs on all the joints of the legs, the body being — even 
in that case — only slightly hairy. 
During the eruises of the W. Barents some forty speeimens of this 
species were collected. Of these 18 are females, 18 males of which 
three furnished with egg-masses at the accessory legs, the other 
specimens being young ones, the sex of which I am not able to 
ascertain. The species seems to be common throughout the whole 
Barents Sea, which will be celearly shown when comparing the list 
of stations where it was collected. 
Station N°. 6 (first eruise: 1878). Lat. 72°5' N; long. 37°57 E. 
July 25, 1878. Depth of the sea 160 fathoms. Two female, five male, 
three young specimens. 
Station N°. 8. (idem). Lat. 74° 9' N; long. 45° 2'E. July 29, 1878. 
Depth of the sea 160 fathoms. Six female, three male, one young 
specimen. 
Station N°. 9 (idem). Lat. 75°16'N; long. 45° 19'E. Depth of 
the sea 160 fathoms. July 30, 1878. Five female, two male specimens. 
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