58 AXEL OULIN, ARCTIC CRUSTACEA. 



Loocalities: 



in 1899: 



stat. 22. lat. 73° 30' N., long. 20^ 18' W., Cape Rrocr Ruys, dcpth 

 25 — 27 m., gravels, some red algte, 18 VII, onc spcc. 

 » 39. lat. 72° 45' N., long. 22° 56' W., depth 35—60 m., mud, 

 some stones, 18/VIII, six spec. 



in 1900: 



stat. 17. East Greenland, Mackenzie Bay N. of Kaiser Franz Joseph 

 Fiord, depth 12—35 ra., mud, 1/VIII— 3/VIII, det. LÖNN- 

 BERG. 

 » 22. East Greenland, ibidem, dcpth 1-2 — 18 m., mud, 9 VIII, 

 det LÖNNBERG. 



This large and easily-recognizable species was first de- 

 scribed by J. C. Fabricius as Ästacus Groculundicus and, five 

 years låter, by O. Fabricius as Cancer aciileatus. Both names 

 are very appropriate, althougli tbe first must bave priority. 

 It seems to be restricted, in its borizontal distribution, mainly 

 to the seas about (Ireenländ. It occurs numerously along the 

 West Coast of G-reenland as far north as lat. 82 30' N., 

 along tbe West coast of Baffin Baj^ and Davis Strait and, 

 fartber soutb, to Massacbusetts Bay. It is also recorded from 

 Bebring Sea and tbe Polar Arcbipelago of Xortb America.^ 

 Altbougb BucHHOLZ says tbat it is ;an der ostgrönländiscben 

 Kiisten bäufig und wie es scbeint zieralicb allgemein ver- 

 breitet», it must be remarked tbat it was obtained bere only 

 at four stations out of more tban sixty wbere dredgings were 

 carried on by tbe Swedisb Expeditions in 1899 and 1900. 



It ranges batbymetrically from a few fatboms to 200, 

 and it seems to live on very variable bottom. 



LciKith of largest spec. (a female witb roe) 92 mm. Han- 

 sen bas measured a specimeu, in tbe Museum of Copenbagen, 

 of a lengtb of 113 mm. Smith bas given, in bis paper, cited 

 above, some details as to tbe colour. 



' Also on the Pacific coast of North America, it is found as far south 

 as Puget »Sound. (Galmäx, Crust. fr. Puget Sound, 1. c. p. 260.) 



