AMPHIPODS FROM NORTH AMERICAN WEST COAST — SHOEMAKER 397 



Figure 3. — Metopa crisiata Gurjanova, male: a, entire animal; b, dorsal part of body of 

 another male; c, gnathopod 1; d, end of gnathopod 1; e, gnathopod 2. 



Several pereon segments and all pleon segments produced dorsally 

 into low carinae. These carinae are variable; in some specimens they 

 appear more or less truncate, while in others some are produced slightly 

 backwards. The male measures about 7 mm., and the females in the 

 collection are about 10 mm. 



Female. — Very much like the male. 



Gurjanova's material, consisting of a male and 2 females, was 

 collected on the east coast of Iturup Island, Kurile Islands, on a 

 sandy bottom at a depth of 207 meters. The present collection 

 (USNM 96488), consisting of 6 males and 22 females, was taken at 

 Albatross station 5037, east of northern Honshu Island, Japan 

 (42°02'40" N, 142°33'20" E), at 349 fathoms. 



