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THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. 



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

 " corallines, flustrse, and a variety of marine inverte- 

 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 represents 

 Arcturus baffini and a few of its progeny, which 

 however have got somewhat into disorder. The 

 nursery arrangements are usually much more regular. 

 One or two species of the singular marine arachnida 

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



