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Order V.—ScuHIzopopa. 
The Schizopods, though largely pelagic, have many abysmal forins, 
some of which have lost their eyes, and some are phosphorescent. 
They are usually of a bright red colour, which contrasts with the 
pale or transparent appearance of the shallow-water forms. Lopho- 
guster typicus, M. Sars, Lorxocasrarpx, is however, a true bottom 
form, never found at the surface, and was taken at stations 141 and 
142 (just outside our area), but not from depths exceeding 150 
fathoms. It is mentioned here as a striking instance of a species 
found round both Poles, but unknown from intermediate regions, it 
having been recorded from the Norwegian seas and off the Shetlands, 
and not again till lat. 34° 5S. (1.) Gaathophausia gigas, Sulm. 
Part of the moulted skin was taken at station 157, depth 1950 
fathoms, and a single specimen, a male, measuring 142 mm., at 
station 61. This gigantic size, so characteristic of deep-sea Crus- 
tacea, is, however, surpassed by the species G. angens, Dohrn; (ii.) 
Chalaraspis alata, Suhm, Lopnogastrmz; this species was founded 
on drawings and notes made by Willemoes-Suhm, the single speci- 
men taken having been lost. The enormous development of the 
carapace, which covers a good part of the tail, is its most striking 
peculiarity. It was dredged at station 158. At the same station 
and at station 146 and many others further north, was dredged (iii.) 
Eucopia australis, Dana, the single genus and species of the family 
Evcornvz, Like many deep-sea forms, its integument is extremely 
thin and soft, in fact, membranous. The eyes are small and 
apparently defective. It is a very widely distributed species. Dr. 
Willemoes-Suhm states that he was “almost sure to get at least a 
fragment of this Crustacean whenever, in the Mid-Atlantic, true 
deep-sea mud came up in the dredge or trawl.” It is the commonest 
Schizopod of the deep-sea fauna, and is met with at all depths from 
350 to 2500 fathoms. It must at times come to the surface, as 
Dana’s specimen, on which the genus is founded, was taken from the 
stomach of a penguin shot in the Antarctic. It occurs also in 
Australian waters and in the Pacific. The great fragility of the 
skeleton and the softness of the body, render it liable to damage in 
the dredge or trawl, and fragments are more usually met with than 
whole animals. (iv.) Huphausia murrayt, M. Sars, Erenarsupx, a 
large species, 43 mm. long, was taken in the trawl off Kerguelen at 
no great depth, 96 fathoms, and again at station 154 near the ice 
barrier. It seems to be confined to the Southern and Antarctic 
Oceans. (v.) Bentheuphausia amblyops, G. O. Sars, as its name 
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