NO. I POINT BARROW AMPHIPODA — SHOEMAKER 43 



oo" N,, 54° 13' 30" W.), and one at station 2490 (45° 27' 30" N., 

 58® 27' 45" W.) ; and 3 specimens in 1890 at station 3252 (57° 22' 

 20" N., 164° 24' 40" W.)- One fine specimen was taken in Constan- 

 tine Harbor, Alaska, in 1873, by Dr. W. H, Dall. Pleustes media, 

 measures about 8 mm., and has been taken between 40 and 85 m. 



PARAPLEUSTES PULCHELLA (Kroyer) 



Paramphithoe pulchellus Sars, 1893, p. 346, pi. 122, fig. i. 



Neopleustes pulchellus Stebbing, 1906, p. 312. — Shoemaker, 1930b, p. 306. 



Parapleustes pulchellus Stephensen, 1938, p. 255 ; 1944a, p. 4. 



Material collected. — In 341 feet of water, 6 miles out, October 11, 

 1949, I specimen. 



This is an arctic species that dips down into the North Atlantic and 

 North Pacific. It is common off the New England coast, and has 

 been taken off Newfoundland and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Fine 

 specimens were taken in 1940 in Pavlof Bay, south side of the 

 Alaska Peninsula, by Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt while on the Alaska 

 king crab investigation. Parapleustes pulchella reaches a length of 

 17 mm., and has been recorded from shallow water down to 300 m. 



SYMPLEUSTES PULCHELLA (Sars) 



Amphtthopsis pulchella Sars, 1885, p. 175, pi. 14, fig. 6. 

 Parapleustes pulchellus Sars, 1893, p. 359, pi. 126, fig. 2. 

 Sympleustes pulchellus Stebbing, 1906, p. 319. — Stephensen, 1938, p. 263; 

 1940b, p. 46 ; 1944a, p. 5. 



Material collected. — In 125 feet, 4 to 5 miles out, September 9, 

 1948, 2 specimens. In 438 feet, 12. i miles out, August 17, 1949, 

 I specimen. In 453 feet, 8 miles out, October 11, 1949, i specimen. 



Sympleustes pulchella is an arctic species that has been taken at 

 northern Norway, Murman Coast, south of Spitzbergen, east of Ice- 

 land, and East and West Greenland. The present records are the 

 first for Alaska. This species measures about 7 mm., and has been 

 taken as low as 763 m. 



SYMPLEUSTES UNCIGERA Gurjanova 

 Figure 14, c-e 

 Sympleustes uncigera Gurjanova, 1938, p. 320, fig. 33. 



Material collected. — In 60 feet, September 8, 1948, i specimen. In 

 125 feet, 4 to 5 miles out, September 9, 1948, 25 specimens. In 420 

 feet, 7 miles out, August 9, 1949, 4 specimens. In 184 feet, 5 miles 

 out, August 30, 1949, 6 specimens. In 477 feet, 16 miles out, Sep- 



