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  DECAPODA 
  FROM 
  ALBATROSS 
  DREDGINGS. 
  

  

  667 
  

  

  MIERSIIDiE. 
  

   ACANTHEPHYRA 
  EXIMEA 
  Smith. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XIV, 
  Fig. 
  1.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  still 
  represented 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  single 
  specimen 
  taken 
  in 
  

  

  1883. 
  

  

  A 
  CANTHEPHYRA 
  AGASSTZII 
  Smith. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XV, 
  Figs. 
  1, 
  6, 
  6a, 
  7; 
  Plate 
  XVI. 
  Fig. 
  2.) 
  

   Specimens 
  examined. 
  

  

  No. 
  8,138, 
  a 
  small 
  specimen 
  76 
  mm 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  apparently 
  an 
  imma- 
  

   ture 
  female, 
  is 
  of 
  special 
  interest. 
  It 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Willard 
  Nye, 
  

   jr., 
  at 
  10.45 
  p. 
  m., 
  at 
  the 
  surface, 
  in 
  a 
  dip-net, 
  and 
  was 
  kept 
  alive 
  for 
  

   half 
  an 
  hour, 
  and 
  then 
  put 
  in 
  alcohol 
  while 
  still 
  alive. 
  Messrs. 
  Nye 
  and 
  

   Benedict 
  both 
  noticed 
  the 
  close 
  resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  Acanihephyra 
  with 
  

   which 
  they 
  were 
  farniliar 
  from 
  deep 
  water, 
  and 
  made 
  a 
  special 
  note 
  of 
  

   the 
  facts 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  specimen. 
  The 
  specimen 
  

   could 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  surface 
  by 
  the 
  trawl, 
  as 
  no 
  haul 
  had 
  

   been 
  made 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  previously. 
  In 
  the 
  Albatross 
  dredgings 
  in 
  1883 
  

   and 
  18S4,this 
  species 
  is 
  recorded 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  forty- 
  five 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  stations 
  ranging 
  in 
  depth 
  from 
  105 
  to 
  2,949 
  fathoms, 
  and 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  

   the 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  far 
  better 
  condition 
  than 
  most 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   supposed 
  deep-water 
  species. 
  These 
  facts 
  lead 
  me 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  this 
  

   species 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  habitual 
  inhabitant 
  of 
  the 
  bottom 
  at 
  great 
  depths, 
  but 
  

   more 
  probably 
  a 
  truly 
  free-swimming 
  inhabitant 
  of 
  some 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  vast 
  

  

  