NO. I POINT BARROW AMPHIPODA — SHOEMAKER 37 



ashore at Point Barrow base, August, September, and October, 1949, 

 12 specimens. 



This is a widely distributed arctic species, probably circumpolar. 

 It was described by W. N. Lockington in 1877 from specimens taken 

 on the west coast of Alaska, north of Bering Strait (1877 [1876], 

 p. 47). Five specimens were taken off Point Barrow by the Point 

 Barrow Expedition, 1881-1883, but were identified as Acanthostepheia 

 malmgreni Goes. Acanthostepheia behringiensis is a large species, 

 reaching a length of at least 37 mm. and it has been taken as low 

 as 60 m. 



MONOCULODES BOREALIS Boeck 



Monoculodes borealis Sars, 1892, p. 298, pi. 106, fig. 2. — Stebbing, 1906, p. 262. 

 — Stephensen, 1931, p. 243; 1938, p. 225; 1944b, p. 72. 



Material collected. — Washed ashore, August 21, 1949, 5 specimens, 

 and September 22, 1949, 7 specimens. From screen trap through ice, 

 1.8 miles out, March 29, 1950, i specimen. 



This is a circumpolar species which dips down into the cold North 

 Atlantic. The present records are the first for Alaska. It reaches a 

 length of ID mm., and has been recorded between 80 and 200 m. 



MONOCULODES LATIMANA (Goes) 



Monoculodes latimanus Sars, 1892, p. 304, pi. 108, fig. i. — Stebbing, 1906, p. 

 264. — Stephensen, 1931, p. 244; 1938, p. 226; 1944b, p. yz- 



Material collected. — In no feet, off Point Barrow base, Septem- 

 ber 8, 1948, I specimen. In 120 feet, 3 miles out, August 8, 1949, 

 I specimen. In 741 feet, 12. i miles out, August 17, 1949, i specimen. 



This is a circumpolar species that dips down into the cold North 

 Atlantic. It has not heretofore been recorded from Alaska. It 

 measures about 7 mm., and has been recorded from shallow water 

 down to about 120 m. 



MONOCULODES LONGIROSTRIS (Goes) 



Monoculodes longirostris Sars, 1892, p. 306, pi. 108, fig. 3. — Stebbing, 1906, p. 

 260.— Stephensen, 1931, p. 242; 1938, p. 223; 1944b, p. 72.— Gurjanova, 

 i93Sa, p. 75- 



Material collected. — From beach at Point Barrow base, Septem- 

 ber 28, 1950, I specimen. 



This is probably a circumpolar species that dips down into the 

 North Atlantic to the Kattegat and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It has 

 been recorded from Bernard Harbor, Northwest Territories, but not 



