4 a Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Bernard harbour, Northwest Territories; from stomach of Erignathus 

 barbatus; October 22, 1915; station 42m; three specimens. 



DiSTBiBUTiON. — Arctic coast of America; Bering sea to Puget sound; 

 Kamchatka; Okhotsk sea; Atlantic coast of America from East and West 

 .Greenland to Narragansett bay, Rhode island; Norway. 1-117 fathoms. 



Spirontocaris spina (Sowerby). 

 (Rathbun, 1904, p. 63, pi. Ill, fig. 5.) 



North of the Alaskan boundary; lat. 70° 13' N., long. 140° 50' W.; about 30 

 fathoms mud; from stomach of Phoca hispida; April 4, 1914; station 29/. One 

 specimen and fragments of three others. 



Bernard harbour. Northwest Territories; from stomach of Erignathus 

 barbatus; October 22, 1915; station 42m; two specimens. 



DiSTEiBtfTiON. — From Arctic Alaska (off point Hope), through Bering 

 strait, Bering sea, Aleutian islands and Alaska peninsula to Lituya bay, Alaska. 

 Arctic North America, from Ellesmere Land, Jones sound, and Melville penin- 

 sula, eastward to Greenland, Iceland, and Nova Zembla, and southward to 

 Massachusetts bay, Faeroe islands, and Kattegat; 3-240 fathoms. 



For table of distribution, see von Hofsten, 1916, fig. 1, 



The two localities of the Canadian Arctic Expedition are at wide intervals 

 between those previously recorded in Alaska and Arctic Canada. 



Spirontocaris arcuata Rathbun. 

 (Rathbun, 1904, p. 64, pi. Ill, fig. 4.) 



West of Cockburn point. Dolphin and Union strait. Northwest Territori es 

 15-20 fathoms; sandy mud, with stones and algae; September 14, 1915; station 

 43c; one specimen. ' , 



DiSTEiBUTiON. — Hitherto known only from Pribilof islands, Bering sea 

 to strait of Juan de Fuca. Its occurrence in Arctic Canada considerably extends 

 the range. 



Spirontocaris phippsii (Kroyer). 



(Rathbun, 1904, p. 70.) 



West of Cockburn point. Dolphin and Union strait. Northwest Territories; 

 15-20 fathoms; sandy mud, with stones and algse; September 14, 1915; station 

 43c; three specimens. 



Bernard harbour. Northwest Territories; from stomach of Erignathus 

 barbatus; October 22, 1915; station 42m; anterior half of one specimen. 



■Distribution. — Arctic Alaska (west of point Franklin) southward to 

 Plover bay, Siberia, and to the Sfiumagins, Alaska peninsula; Ellesmere Land 

 and Jones sound to Eastern Greenland, southward via Labrador to cape Cod; 

 Iceland, the Faeroes, and Spitzbergen, eastward to Kara strait and southward 

 to Skagerak; Middle Arctic Siberia; shallow water to 200 fathoms. 



For table of distribution, see von Hofsten, 1916, fig. 2. 



The two localities of the Canadian Arctic Expedition are near together 

 and remote from those on either side which have been previously recorded. 



Spirontocaris polaris (Sabine). 



; 

 (Rathbun, 1904, p. 73.) 



Off point Lay, Arctic Alaska; lat. 69° 35' N., long. 163° 27' W.; 11-12 

 fathoms; rock and sand, with many algse; August 17, 1913; station 22; one 

 specimen. 



