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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  Station 
  2018, 
  off 
  Cape 
  Charles, 
  Virginia, 
  lat. 
  37° 
  12' 
  22" 
  N.; 
  long. 
  

   74° 
  20' 
  04" 
  W.; 
  788 
  fathoms, 
  blue 
  mud; 
  temperature 
  at 
  bottom, 
  

   39° 
  F. 
  

  

  Station 
  2731, 
  off 
  Cape 
  Charles, 
  Virginia, 
  lat. 
  36° 
  45' 
  N.; 
  long 
  74° 
  

   28' 
  W. 
  ; 
  841 
  fathoms, 
  gray 
  ooze. 
  

  

  Station 
  2677, 
  off 
  Charleston, 
  South 
  Carohna, 
  lat. 
  32° 
  39' 
  N.; 
  long. 
  

   76° 
  50' 
  30" 
  W.; 
  478 
  fathoms, 
  green 
  mud; 
  bottom 
  temperature, 
  

   39.3° 
  F. 
  

  

  An 
  allusion 
  to 
  this 
  form 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  Verrill, 
  1885, 
  page 
  23, 
  in 
  his 
  

   report 
  of 
  the 
  Albatross 
  explorations. 
  Among 
  the 
  undetermined 
  

   species 
  of 
  GephjTea 
  he 
  mentions 
  "a 
  large 
  strongly 
  sulcated 
  species 
  

   (fig. 
  192), 
  taken 
  in 
  709 
  to 
  1,069 
  fathoms, 
  which 
  is 
  often 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  inches 
  

   long 
  and 
  nearly 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter." 
  

  

  This 
  variety 
  of 
  S. 
  priapuloides 
  differs 
  only 
  in 
  minor 
  details 
  from 
  

   the 
  form 
  that 
  occurs 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Norway 
  which 
  was 
  originally 
  

   described 
  by 
  Koren 
  and 
  Danielssen 
  (1875 
  and 
  1877). 
  Their 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  has 
  been 
  amplified 
  and 
  corrected 
  at 
  certain 
  points 
  by 
  Th6el 
  

   (1905), 
  who 
  has 
  furnished 
  excellent 
  figures 
  (especially 
  figs. 
  137, 
  138, 
  

   150). 
  He 
  also 
  gives 
  good 
  reasons 
  for 
  regarding 
  S. 
  norvegicus 
  Koren 
  

   and 
  Danielssen 
  as 
  an 
  immature 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  

  

  Roule 
  (1907) 
  describes 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  S. 
  priapuloides 
  from 
  off 
  Las 
  

   Pilones 
  (No. 
  72 
  of 
  the 
  Talisman 
  expedition) 
  in 
  882 
  meters, 
  and 
  four 
  

   taken 
  in 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Biscay 
  (Golfe 
  de 
  Gascogne) 
  from 
  800 
  to 
  1,000 
  

   meters. 
  Roule 
  (p. 
  95) 
  recognizes 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  probably 
  iden- 
  

   tical 
  with 
  S. 
  norvegicus, 
  but 
  employs 
  the 
  specific 
  name 
  "priapuloides" 
  

   because 
  the 
  diagnosis 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  more 
  exactly 
  corresponds 
  with 
  his 
  

   specimens, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  descriptive 
  term 
  rather 
  than 
  an 
  inexact 
  geographi- 
  

   cal 
  designation. 
  Unfortunately, 
  in 
  my 
  opinion, 
  however, 
  he 
  follows 
  

   Levinsen 
  (1883) 
  in 
  making 
  a 
  separate 
  genus 
  " 
  Phallosoma" 
  to 
  contain 
  

   this 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  probably 
  identical 
  '^norvegicus." 
  

  

  Sluiter 
  (1900) 
  describes 
  S. 
  norvegicus 
  as 
  occurring 
  off 
  the 
  Azores 
  

   in 
  1,385 
  meters. 
  

  

  The 
  American 
  variety 
  was 
  taken 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Charleston, 
  South 
  

   Carolina 
  (station 
  2677), 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  only 
  478 
  

   fathoms, 
  and 
  its 
  range 
  extends 
  northward 
  at 
  least 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  latitude 
  

   41°. 
  The 
  depth 
  at 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  taken 
  varies 
  from 
  478 
  to 
  956, 
  or, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Verrill, 
  1,069 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  difference 
  between 
  the 
  American 
  and 
  the 
  Scandinavian 
  

   forms 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  longitudinal 
  ridges 
  and 
  furrows 
  of 
  the 
  

   trunk 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  muscle 
  bands, 
  which 
  lie 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   furrows 
  and 
  correspond 
  to 
  them 
  in 
  number. 
  The 
  Scandinavian 
  

   form 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  24 
  longitudinal 
  muscles, 
  whereas 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  

   22 
  in 
  most 
  specimens, 
  though 
  others 
  have 
  22 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  21 
  behind, 
  

   others 
  23-22, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  case 
  23-24. 
  Roule 
  (1907) 
  finds 
  in 
  the 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  from 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Biscay 
  and 
  off 
  Las 
  Pilones 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  36-38 
  

  

  