ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN PYCNOGONIDA—HEDGPETH 195 
Japanese record is a puzzling discrepancy, possibly an error. The 
bathymetric range of the species in American waters is 35 to 843 
fathoms, usually on muddy bottoms. 
NYMPHON GILTAYI, new species 
Fieure 16 
Types.—Holotype (male): U.S.N.M. No. 37912, Gloucester 
Donation 360, 1879, schooner Conductor, Capt. George H. Curtis 
(probably from Grand Bank). Paratype (female): U.S.N.M. No. 
37912, same locality. 
Ficure 16.—Nymphon giltayi, new species: a, Dorsal view; b, lateral view; c, chela; d, 
palpus; ¢, leg; f, terminal joint of oviger and denticulate spine. 
Description.—Trunk: Lateral processes separated by their own 
width. Cephalic segment a little longer than proboscis, neck long, 
ovigers based near the middle. Eye tubercle very low, without eyes. 
Proboscis cylindrical, constricted slightly at about its proximal 
third. 
Abdomen short, slightly longer than last lateral processes, directed 
upward at an angle of about 50°. 
