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HYDROIDA II 



The gonothecse are borne on short, ringed stalks, proceeding from the apophyses beside the hydro- 

 theca stalks. They are oblong, inversely conical, distally cnt off transversely with a central short 

 and narrow, almost tnbulous neck. The gonophores develope into free medusas (Obelia). 



Material : 



"Thor" 64O2 ; N., 2233' W., depth 34 metres [labelled Laomedea gelatinosa\ 

 6330' N., 2oi4' W., 80 



58n' N., -228' W., 60 



Greenland: Jakobshavn (depth not stated) 

 Provens havn ( ) 



Holstensborg ( ) 



Tasiusak, depth 35 fathoms (East Greenland Expedition). 

 Iceland : Berufjord, depth 6 fathoms [labelled Laomedea flexuosd\ 

 Hornafjord (depth not stated) [labelled Laomedea Lovenii] 



Vestmano, depth 2528 fathoms [some of the specimens labelled Laomedea flcxuosa\ 

 10 miles W. of Akranes, depth 26 fathoms [labelled Laomedea flexuosa\ 

 Stykkisholm, depth 20 30 fathoms [labelled Laomedea flexuosa} 

 Kollafjord, 4 5 



Dyrafjord (depth not stated). 

 The Faroe Islands: 5 miles N. by E. of Myggenses point, depth 50 fathoms. 



boom. 



2 ooo m. 



too m. _ 



Fig. LXXXVI. The distribution of Laomedea longissima in the Northern Atlantic. 

 In the hatched regions a common occurrence is stated. 



