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CRUSTACEA MALACOSTRACA. III. 



This species, which is instantly distinguished from all other forms of this section (comp. p. 137) 

 by the extremely conspicuous, long and rather broad, linguiform front area slightly bilobed at the end, 

 has been well described and figured by Sars. Only some remarks may be made. 



As to outline E. prodncta differs from E. brevirostris in having the head and the abdomen 

 broader in proportion to fifth thoracic segment than in that species, and thus is more similar to E. cornuta. 

 Sars said that the front area, the "linguiform projection", is "narrow", but this term is misleading, as the 

 "projection", according to his figures and in co-types presented by him, is long and somewhat broad 

 to the laterally rounded, at the middle emarginate end; furthermore it is longitudinally very concave and, 

 as stated by Sars, the most anterior part of its outer margins is conspicuously denticulate. — The 

 epipod of the maxillipeds varies considerably in shape; sometimes the distal half of its outer margin 

 is, as figured by Sars, scarcely or slightly concave, sometimes distinctly more concave, as the outer 

 angle is a little produced, and in a specimen from the "Ingolf" Stat. 78 the shape shown in fig. 6 a 

 was found, where the margin in question is rather concave, the outer corner being considerably produced. 



E. producta is allied to E. brevirostris in most features excepting the front area. The autennal 

 squama is scarcely or at most a little larger than in E. brevirostris. The female operculum is carinate 

 as in this species, but yet, as figured by Sars, somewhat broader and posteriorly more broadly rounded. 

 The male operculum differs mainly in having the most distal part of each pleopod of first pair pro- 

 duced and triangular (figured by Sars). Uropods with the exopod very much thinner but slightly shorter 

 than the endopod. 



Occurrence. Taken by the "Ingolf" at three stations, two in the warm and the third in the 

 cold area. 



Davis Strait: Stat. 25: Lat. 63°3o' N., Long. 54°25' W., 582 fath., temp. 3-3°; 2 spec. 



South- West of Iceland: Stat. 78: Lat. 6o°37' N., Long. 27°52 W., 799 fath., temp. 4-5°; 3 spec. 



North- West of the Faroes: Stat. 138: Lat. 63°26' N., Long. f<£> W., 471 fath., temp. -=-o-6°; 1 spec. 



Furthermore it has been taken by Admiral Wandel in Davis Strait: Lat. 65°4g' N., Long. 

 56°28' W., 235 fath., temp. 4-4°, 1 spec; further south it has been taken by Cand. mag. Stephensen at 

 West Greenland in Erede Fjord, ab. Lat. 6i° N., 164 fath., 2 spec. The Ryder Exped. secured it off 

 East Greenland: Lat. 69°28' N., Long. 20V W., 167 fath., 1 spec. 



Finally it has been taken twice by the "Thor" at the following places: 



South of Iceland: Lat. 62°io' N., Long. 19 .36' W., 1010— 1142 fath.; 2 spec. 



South-West of the Faeroes: Lat. 6i°i5' N., Long. 9.35' W., 463—515 fath.; 4 spec. 



Distribution. Taken at several places along the coast of Norway from Christiania Fjord to 

 Yadso, in 60 to 400 fath. (G. O. Sars). Later recorded from a locality west of Ireland, 382 fath. (Tattersall). 



97. Eurycope megalura G. O. Sars. 



1872. Eurycope megalura G. O. Sars, Forh. Vid. Selsk. Christiania for 187 1, p. 274. 

 ! 1898. — G. O. Sars, Account, II, p. 151; PI. 69. 



A couple of damaged specimens are referred to this species, as they agree with Sars' figures 

 in the size of the posterior thoracic segments, in the shape of the maxillipeds and the uropods, while 



