NO. 3652 ISOPODA AND TANAIDACEA—MILLER De 
It is probably Synidotea bicuspida (Owen), as this is a widely distrib- 
uted cold water species found along the Pacific coast as far south as 
San Francisco Bay, on the Atlantic coast as far south as Labrador, in 
the Arctic Ocean, and in the Sea of Japan. It has been collected fre- 
quently both inside and outside of San Francisco Bay. 
Suborder ASELLOTA 
The Asellota (comprising 500 species; Waterman and Chace, 1960) 
were represented in the buoy collections by six species (including one 
subspecies) in five genera, belonging to the two families, Janiridae and 
Jaeropsidae. Two janirid species in separate genera were found on 
Atlantic coast buoys; three species and one subspecies in three genera 
were taken from Pacific coast buoys. 
Family JANIRIDAE 
This family contains 35 genera and 136 species, evenly distributed 
around the world with three-fifths of the species restricted to the 
continental shelves (Wolff, 1962). 
Janira alta (Stimpson) Harger 
Figure 4 
Locauitres.—Gulf of Maine (Stations 7-9). 
Remarks.— Richardson (1905b) reports Janira alta from the follow- 
ing localities: ‘Long Island; Massachusetts Bay, near Eastport, Me.; 
Gulf of Maine; Grand Menan; Bay of Fundy; 120 miles south of 
Halifax; Grand Banks; Clarke’s Ledge; 30 miles east of Sable Island; 
off Chesapeake Bay.”” Hansen (1916) reports it as taken by the Ingolf 
at a single station west of Iceland. Richardson (1905b) records depths 
of 35 to 487 fathoms (64-886 meters), but Wolff (1962) gives a range 
of 0 to 1384 meters. In the present study, specimens were taken at 40 
and 55.4 meters. Apparently it ranges into moderately deep water in 
the northern and western Atlantic. The buoy collections are well 
within its recorded range. 
Carpias bermudensis Richardson 
FIGURE 4 
Locauities.—Florida: east coast (Station 37); Key West region 
(Stations 45, 48). 
Remarks.—Previously reported only from the Bermudas (Richard- 
son, 1902, 1905b), Carpias bermudensis was found at three stations 
off the coasts of Florida. This extension of its known range is not 
surprising in view of the affinities of Carribbean and Bermudan 
faunas. It will likely be found elsewhere in the Antilles. Indeed, it 
