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THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. 



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of 270 fathoms, lat. 72 31 S., long. 173 39 E., 

 " corallines, flustrse, and a variety of marine invert 

 brate animals came up in the net, showing an abun 

 dance and great variety of animal life. Amongst 

 them I detected two species of Pycnogonum, Idotea 

 baffini, hitherto considered peculiar to the Arctic 



FIG. 21. Arcturus laffini, SABINE. About the natural size. (No. 59.) 



seas " and some other forms. The figure represenl 

 Arcturus baffini and a few of its progeny, whicl 

 however have got somewhat into disorder. Th< 

 nursery arrangements are usually much more regulai 

 One or two species of the singular marine arachnida 

 of the genus Nymphon, of a very large size, were 



