LIST OF ANIMALS OF SnP/.BKlUi KX. 1(59 



COMATULA PECTIN ATA. 



North side of Spitzbcrgen ; taken iu the trawl (Phipps, 

 p. 196). 



ASTUOPHYTON ARBORESCENS. 



Sjiitzbcrgen. " The Second Star -fish," described and 

 figured by Martens. 



ENTOZOA. 



ECHINORHYXCHUS POLYMORPHUS. 



This species (figured and described in Phipps, p. 194, tab. 

 13, f. 1, under the name of Sipunculus Lendix), " was found 

 adhering by its small snout, to the inside of the intes- 

 tines of an eider duck. Mr. Hunter, who at my request 

 dissected it, informed me that he had seen the same species 

 of animal adhering to the intestines of whales." Other 

 species of intestinal worms have been met with in these seas 

 (see Scoresby, i, p. 543). 



ACALEPHiE. 



Cydippe (Beroe) PILEtrS. 

 " Slime Fish like a Cap." Martens, p. 138. 



This species is found in great abundance as far north as 82 . 



Cydippe ovum. 



This species was seen abundantly on Parry's expedition 

 amongst the loose ice to the northward of Spitzbcrgen, and 

 as far north as the expedition went (p. 202). 



Medusa Infuxdibulum, or an allied species. 

 " Slime Fish like a Fountain." Martens, p. 138. 



There seem to be other species of Acalephse in the Spitz- 

 bergen seas. Some of these are roughly figured in plate 16 

 of Dr. Scoresby's work. Most of them are very small and 

 very abundant. They are found chiefly in the sea water, of 

 an olive-green colour, and also occur, but in smaller quan- 

 tities, in the blueish green water. Dr. Scoresby remarks : 



