Isopoda 



35o 



1901. Phryxus abdominalis RICHARDSON, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, p. 577. 



1904. Phryxus abdominalis, RICHARDSON, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVII, 



pp. 58-59. 



1905. Phryxus abdominalis RICHARDSON, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXIV, p. 



220. 



1905. Phryxus abdominalis RICHARDSON, Bull. 54, U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 500. 

 1916. Phryxus abdominalis HANSEN, Danish Ingolf Exped., Crust. Malacost. 3, 



pt. 5, p. 207. 



Not taken by the Canadian Arctic Expedition. 

 Localities recorded: 



Europe: Kara sea, also in the straits to the Kara sea; at the west coast of 

 Novaya Zemlia; on Sptrontocaris turgida in. the Barents sea; northeast of Spitz- 

 bergen in lat. 80 15' N., long. 33 10' E.; at Spitzbergen on S. gaimardii, known 

 from the whole coast of Norway from Vadso to Christiani fjord, living on S 

 gaimardii, S. pusiola, S. turgida, S. spinus, S. lilljeborgii, P. borealis, P. montagui 

 and P. propinquus; at Denmark, in the Belts, in Kattegat and Skager Rak, on 

 several species of shrimp. 



Iceland: North of Iceland: Ingolf Station 127; lat. 66 33' N., long. 20 05' 

 W., 44 fathoms, on P. montagui, also Ingolf Station 126, lat. 67 19' N., long. 

 15 52' W., 293 fathoms, on P. borealis, on the east coast, in Mid fjord, Seydis 

 fjord, and R0de fjord; on the west coast in Skutils fjord, Onundar fjord, Dyre 

 fjord and near Reykjavik; also east of Iceland at lat. 64 17' N., long. 14 44' W., 

 45 fathoms. Not recorded from the Faeroes; but it is known from places in the 

 North sea and from Sussex in the eastern part of the Channel, but according to 

 Hansen, not far from its major western area. 



East Greenland: Lat. 77 31' N., long. 18 24' W., 146 fathoms; Oresund, 

 20-30 fathoms, hard bottom, on S. polaris; Vestre Havenses 10-15 fathoms; 

 Stormbugt 10-30 fathoms; Danmarks Havn, several catches, 3 to 15 fathoms, 

 on S. polaris, S. turgida, S. gaimardii', East Greenland, without specific data, 

 about lat. 74 N.; Hekla-Havn, on S. turgida. 



North America: Grinnell land, lat. 81 44' N., Discovery Bay, 5J^ to 25 

 fathoms, on Spirontocaris polaris ; cape Napoleon, 25 fathoms, on the same host; 

 Franklin Pierce bay, 13-15 fathoms; off Baffin island, on S. polaris and S. turgida, 

 at two places, the most northern being in lat. 73 48' N.; Davis strait, off or at 

 West Greenland; Inglefield gulf, 25 fathoms, on S. polaris; cape Dudley-Digges, 

 17-25 fathoms, on S. polaris and S. turgida] Upernavik 10 fathoms on S. gaim- 

 ardii and S. turgida; Umanak, Jacobshavn, Egedesminde, Kvanefjord, Bredef- 

 jord; Lille-Karajak fjord, lat. 69 54' N., long. 55 34' W., 50 fathoms, on S. 

 spinus; lat. 69 29' N., long. 55 26' W., 116 fathoms, on S. macilenta; Ingolf 

 Station 33, lat. 67 57' N., long. 55 30' W., 35 fathoms, temperature - 6, on six 

 specimens of S. spinus and on one specimen of Pandalus montagui; lat. 67 51' 

 N., long. 55 15' W., 36 fathoms, on S. spinus; lat. 66 56' N., long. 54 45' W., 

 24 fathoms, on S. spinus; Ikertok-fjord, 30 fathoms, on S. spinus; lat. 66 45' 

 N. (?), long. 59 30' W., 35 fathoms, on S. spinus; lat. 66 32' N., long. 55 34' W., 

 100 fathoms on S. spinus; lat. 66 30' N., long. 54 50' W., 40 fathoms, on P. 

 montagui; Ingolf Station 29, lat. 65 34' N., long. 54 31' W., 68 fathoms, temp- 

 erature 0-2 on 1 specimen of S. spinus; Ingolf Station 34, lat. 65 17' N., long. 

 55 17' W., 55 fathoms, on two specimens of S. spinus and one of S. polaris; lat. 

 62 58' N., long. 50 52' W., about 25 fathoms on S. turgida. 



I have examined the following material from the east coast of North America : 



Cat. No. 38417, U. S. N. M., 1 specimen on S. macilenta, halfway from 



cape Mugford to Hebron, Labrador, 60 fathoms, mud and sand, August 23, 



1908, Owen Bryant, collector; Cat. No. 38418, U. S. N. M., on S. macilenta, 



outside of Hebron, Labrador, 75 fathoms, mud, August 25, 1908, Owen Bryant, 



