KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 40. N:0 4. 17 



48" e., 23 fms., gravel and clay (Nauckhoff 1870), 1 sp. — 55° 9' n.-14° 4' e., 25 

 fms., clay (Öberg V, 1871), 1 sp. - - 55° 36' n.— 14° 46' 8" e., 45 fms., fine light clay 

 (Gunh. Exp. Vs 1878), 4 sps. - - 55° 20' n.-14° 54' 3" e., 27 fms., clay (Gunh. Exp. 

 Vs 1878), 4 sps. — 55° 37' n.-14° 54' 5" e., 45 fms., fine dark clay (Gunh. Exp. 1878), 

 4 sps. - - S. S. W. of Ystad, 24 fms., fine sand (Smitt 7* 1864), 1 sp. — Ystad, 24 

 fms., fine sand (Smitt Va 1864), 7 small sps. - - Bornholm: N. N. W. of Gudhjem, 

 38—40 fms., clay (Kolmodin 1882), 2 sps.; N. N. E. of Christiansö, 50 fms., fine 

 clay (Kolmodin 1882), 11 sp., N. N. E. of Svaneke, 35—37 fms., sand and clay 

 (Kolmodin 1882), 1 sp. - - Köpingsvik, 5—10 fms.; clay and sand (Kolmodin 1882), 

 4 sps. - N. of Bornholm, 52 fms., mud (Gunh. Exp. Vs 1878), 2 small sps.; 

 Urklippan— Rixhöft, 38 fms., fine clay (Gunh. Exp. a A 1878), 2 small sps. — 

 Karlshamn, 15 fms., clay, sand, gravel and algae (Smitt 7 8 1864), 1 sp. — Karlskrona, 

 23 fms., sand and clay (Kolmodin 1882), 4 sps. — Karlskrona, 25 fms., clay and 

 gravel (Smitt 2 7 7 1864), 3 sps. - 55° 24' n.— 16° e., 48 fms., clay (Öberg 2 7o 1871), 

 1 sp. - 55° 43' n.— 16° 14' e., 45 fms., clay (Öberg "/. 1871), 1 sp. - 55° 21' n.- 

 17° 35' e., 36 fms., clay (Nauckhoff 1 7, 1870), 1 sp. — 55° 14' n.-17° 55' e., 40 fms., 

 clay (Nauckhoff h A/ é 1870), 5 sps. - 56° 36' n.— 18° 58' e., 50-60 fms., clay (Nauck- 

 hoff 2 7 5 1870), 5 sps. - - Wisby, 20—60 fms., sand and clay (Smitt I0 '7„ 1864), 40 

 sps. — 58° 4' n.-19° 47' e., 90-95 fms., fine bluish gray clay (Gunh. Exp. 2 / t 1879), 

 3 sps. - 58° 5' n.— 19° 51' e., 95 fms., soft bluish gray clay (Gunh. Exp. 7. 1879), 

 1 sp. — 58° 6' n.— 20° 7' e., 100 fms., clay (Öberg 1871), 5 sps. — 57° 28' n.— 20° 

 10' e., 118 fms., soft blackish blue clay (Gunh. Exp. 7» 1879), 3 sps. — 57° 36' n.— 

 20° 11' e., 92 fms., fine blue clay (Gunh. Exp. 7. 1879), 1 sp. — 57° 42' n.— 20° 36' e., 

 75 fms., clay (Gunh. Exp. ?), 4 sps. 



Distribution iu General : 



Judging from the above enumerated localities and also from the numerous in- 

 formations of other investigators the Priapulus caudatus has a very wide distribution 

 in northern and arctic Seas and, to my mind, Skorikow (1902) is right when stating 

 it to be circumpolar. 



If we examine its habitat, beginning from the West, it has been found in se- 

 veral places at the north-east coast of N. America. Verrill (1879 & 1882) reports 

 it from Massachusets Bay, Bay of Fundy, Campo Bello Island, Harbour of Luth, 

 Canada etc. East of America it is obtained, not seldom in abundance, in the seas 

 bordering on Greenland, Iceland, Spitzbergen and Finmarken ; furthermore in the 

 Murman Sea, White Sea, Barent Sea, Sea of Kära and at the coast of Taimyr ; finally 

 Skorekow (1902) reports it from Awatscha Bay at the east coast of Kamtchatka and 

 from Sitka (the latter, however, with an interrogation). Compare besides Ehlers 

 (1861), Théel (1875), Danielssen and Korex (1881), Horst (1882), Levinsen (1887), 

 Fischer (1895) etc. Besides, with regard to its distribution Priapulus caudatus occurs 

 along the west coast of Norway and Sweden (Ehlers 1861, Théel 1875, Koren and 

 Danlelssen 1875 & 1881, Hérubel 1904 etc), is also met with in the Sound and 

 is common in the South of the Baltic Sea up to the 58 tl1 latitude, slightly north of 



