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Account of the Species. 



Priapulida. 

 Priapulus caudatus Lamarck 1816. 



Pl. I. tigs. 1—2. 

 Habitat : 



West Greenland: Innerit Fjord, clay, 1—3 fms. (Ing. & Gl. Exp. i: '/ 7 1871), 

 40 sps. — Disco Fjord, 100—120 fms., sand and clay (Ing. & Gl. Exp. 9 / 7 1871), 6 

 sps. — Umanak, 200 fms. (Amondsen), 1 sp. — Godhavn (Amondsen 3 % 1872), 13 

 sps. — Upernivik (Amondsen 1862), 20 sps. — Proven (Torell), 3 sps. — Sofia's 

 anclioring place, 4 — 8 fms., fine gray clay (Sofia Exp. % 1883), 1 sp. — Julianehaab, 

 170 fms., clay (Amondsen 1865), 2 sps. — Augpalartok, 280 fms. (Torell), 1 sp. - 

 Sukkertoppen, two large sps. (Mus. Chr.). 



East Greenland: S. off. Pendulum Island, 74° 35' n.— 18° 23' v., sand, mud and 

 algse (Gr. Exp. % 1899), 1 sp. - - Franz Joseph's Fjord, 73° 6' n.— 27° 17' v., 3—9 

 m., sand, mud and algse (Gr. Exp. ' 2 A 1899), 1 sp. ■ - Mackenzie-Bay, N. off Franz 

 Joseph's Fjord, 12—35 m., mud (Pol. Exp. 7 a — 3 / 8 1900), 1 sp. 



Iceland: Beru Fjord, 3 fms., low tide (Torell), 1 sp. 



Spitzbergen: Shoal Point, 25—30 fms., clay (Sp. Exp. July 1861), 13 sps. - 

 Hinlopen Strait, 16 fms., clay and stones, 2 sps. — Hinlopen Strait, in ventriculo 

 Trich. rosmari (Sp. Exp. 12 / 7 1861), one large sp. — Treurenberg Bay, 5—35 fms., 

 clay with or without sand and stones (Sp. Exp. 7 2 % 1861), more than hundred sps. 

 varying in length from 80 mm. to only 6 mm. — Hekla Cove, 14 fms., clay (Sp. 

 Exp. 1872—73), 2 sps. - - Mosse] Bay, 9 fms., sand, stones and clay (Sp. Exp. 1872 

 —73), 1 sp. — Wijde Bay, 40 fms., clay (Sp. Exp. July 1861), 1 sp. — Fair Harbour, 

 15 fms., sand (Sp. Exp. 2 7- 1872 — 73), l sp. — Norwegian Islands, 15 fms., clay and sand 

 (Sp. Exp. l % 1872—73), 4 sps. - Hakluyt Headld, 20 fms., clay (Sp. Exp. 1861), 

 20 sps. — Danes Gate and Island, 7—10 fms., stones with algse (Sp. Exp. 21 / s 1868), 

 11 sps. — 79° 58' n.— 9° 30' e., N. V. of Dane Island, 435 m., gray clay and stones 

 (Sp. Exp. 2 7s 1898), 2 sps. — The seven Glaciers, 10 — 15 fms., stones (Sp. Exp. 1861), 

 2 sps. — Cross Bay, 2, 40 and 120 fms., clay or clay and sand (Sp. Exp. August 

 1861), 40—50 sps. -- Kings Bay, 20, 40 and 250 fms., fine light clay with stones or 



