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Baffin Ray: vSt. 33: 67^ 57' N. L., 55° 30' W. L., 35 fm., temp. o-8°; many spec. 



In Malac. Ciroenl. I liave mentioned a large nnmber of localities from 76° 8' N. L. to 6o°8'N. L. 

 along the west coast of Greenland, and it has been taken at (irinnell Land at 82'2'X. L.; concerning 

 the depth I wrote that tlie species "is fonnd very frequentK' in shallow water from abont 5 — 10 fm., 

 is common in 30 — 50 fm. and is noted several times from deeii water, thus twice even from 200 fm." 

 Later discoveries in these regions have not appreciably extended our knowledge; it is stated by Ohlin 

 and Ortmann that the species is common between 76° and 79° N. L. in 5 to 40 fm. At East Green- 

 land the species is common at Tasiusak, 65"" 37' N. L. (Krnnse, i''' Anidrup Exp.); it was taken by the 

 2"'' Amdrup Exp. at 69° 44' N. I^., 23V2°W. L. in the eel-seine, 3—0 fm., many .specimens; at 74° i8'N. L., 

 19° 50' W. L., 10 fm., I specimen and at 74'/\'' N. L., iS°45'W. L., anchorage, several specimens; it has 

 been taken manv times on the tract 7273° N. L. to at least 75° N. L. according to Ohlin and Bnch- 

 holz. — It has never been found at Jan Mayen, Iceland or the Fteroes. 



Distribution. G. O. Sars writes that the Christiania Museum contains two specimens which 

 'from the label attached" were taken by Prof. Rasch at Christianssund. I have considerable doubts 

 as to whether the two specimens really came from Christianssund, as this large and ea.sily recognised 

 species has not been taken in Europe either before or since. On the east coast of America it goes 

 southward to ca. 4i'/,°N. L.; from here and as far as Halifax in Nova Scotia it has been taken 

 repeatedly in 1—72 fm. (Smith, M. Rathbun); it has also been taken in the St. Lawrence estuary, at 

 Labrador (Smith), and in Cumberland Sound on the west side of Davis Straits (Pfeffer). It has also 

 been found in the waters north of the Bering Straits and in the Bering Sea (Owen, Stimp.son); along 

 the west coast of America at Queen Charlotte Islands (Smith) and in Puget vSound, ca. 47° N. L. 

 (Caiman); lastly at Kamtschatka and the Kurile Islands (Brandt). 



After giving a correct account of the distribution of this species Doflein writes: "Die Art ist 

 somit cirkumpolar". Excluding Christianssund which lies far .south of the Polar Circle (and which as 

 mentioned must be regarded as doubtful), the species is still unknown from Jan Mayen and along 

 tlie north coasts of Europe and Asia to the Bering Sea, thus, over almost 200 of the 360 degrees of 

 longitude! We cannot denv, that Dr. Doflein does not ask much of the distribution of a species whose 

 circumpolarity he considers as proved. 



Reniark.s. The largest specimen I have seen is 119 nun. long from the tip of the rostrum; 

 it was taken at Akugdlek, 68° 40' N. L., on the west coast of Greenland. 



59. Spirontocaris microceros Kr. 



1841. Hippolyte microceros Kroyer, Nat. Tidsskr., 3. B., p. 579. 

 ! 1842. — — Kroyer, Kgl. D. Yid. Selsk. math.-uatiuv. Afh., Niende Del, p. 341, Tab. V, 



Fig. 105 — log. 

 Occurrence. The "Ingolf" has not taken this species. 



In Malac. Groenl. 1 have given the following localities: Proven (ca. 72° 23' N. L.), Umanak, 

 Ivigtut and Nanortalik (ca. 6o°8'N. L.); the Copenhagen Museum also possesses some other West 

 Greenland specimens, williout .special locality. The .species has not been fonnd at West lireenland 



The Ingolf-Kxpedition. III. 2. 9 



