432 M. Sars on the Distribution of Animal Life 



fath. fatb. 



Hippolyte securifrons, Norman 250 Galathea rugosa, J. C. Fa- 



polaris, Sabine 250 brtcius 250 



Cryptocheles abyssicola, G. O. tridentata, Esmark .... 300 



Sars, n. g. et sp 300 



PontophilusnorvegicuSjAf.ASars 450 =105 



EECAPITULATION. 



Protozoa . . . 

 Coelenterata 



I Rliizopoda 68 species. 



I Spongife 5 



73 



( Anthozoa 20 



I Hydrozoa 2 



iCrinoida 2 



Asterida 21 



hclnnida 5 



Holotliurida 8 



,T ) Gepbyrea 6 



V«™«'^ Annelida 51 



30 



Mollusca 



Arthropoda . . 



'Polyzoa 35 



Tunicata 4 



Brachiopoda 4 



Conchifera 37 



^ Oephalophora 53 



I Arachnida 1 



( Crustacea 105 



133 



106 



Total 427 



In addition to these, there are, moreover, several fishes, of 

 whose range in the deep nothing has been known beyond what 

 fishermen have happened to discover in the use of their deep 

 lines, and have told. Of such fish some descend to 200-300 

 fathoms, and even deeper, although they often swim far higher 

 up, so that some of them (as the Turbot, Ling, &c.) at certain 

 seasons of the year approach nearer to the shore. 



Sebastes norvegiciis (Perca), O. F. Milllcr, Ctivicr. 



dactylopterns, Delaroche (S. imperialis, Cuvier). 



Molya vulgaris, Nihson. 



abyssorum, Niksoti. 



Brosmius vulgaris, Cuvier. 

 Mficrourus Stroeniii, Heinhardt. 



Fabricii, Sundevall. 



Hippoglossus maximus, Mi?idinf/. 

 Scynmus borealis, Scoreshy. 



Lastly^ there are some other fishes which arc only extremely 



