Pycnogonida collected by the *Gauss.^ 117 



ACllKLIA. 



This gomis has been restored from oblivion to inclmlo 

 those forms with a discoid body, ii more or hss import'cct 

 se;;mentation, with short and .stout le^s, hitherto included in 

 Auiinothea. 



Achelia megacephali. 



Botly discoid, smooth. Abdomen very h)n<r and cophalon 

 broad. Ocuhir tubercle stout, erect, with well-developed 

 eyes. 



Winter-quarters, two specimens. 



AUSTROTIIEA. 



A new genus designed for those Ainniotbeid species whose 

 body is not discoid in any sense ot" the term, and is without 

 the transverse ridges so characteristic of ./I //imoM^a in its new 

 signification ; also the comparatively long legs is a further 

 character of importance. 



Austi'othea sp'icata. 



Body stout, divergent lateral processes, the proboscis ovate, 

 slender, and the abdomen nearly as long. Ocular tubercle 

 tall, terminating in a long spike. 



«. ii. 03. 380 m. 



A single specimen only. 



Austrothea germanica. 



Insignificant spurs on the lateral processes and more con- 

 spicuous ones on the fust co.xas. Ocular tubercle elongate, 

 pointed, and directed forwards. 



16. vi. 02. 385 m. 



A single specimen only. 



Austrodecus glaciale. 

 Austrodecus glaciale, Hodgson, ' Discovery.' 



A large number of .'specimens of this species were taken 

 throughout the stay of tho 'Gauss'* in winter-quarters. 



Austroraptus polar is. 

 Austroraptus polaris, Hodgson, * Discovery.' 



Described from two specimens from the Ross Sea, it now 

 turns up of? Kaiser AVilhelm's Land. 

 10. ii. 02. 385 m. 



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