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OSCAR SUND 



[REP. OF THE "MICHAEL SARS" NORTH 



Funchalia Woodward! Johnson. 

 Funchalia Woodwardi, Johnson, 1867, p. 995—897. 

 Grimaldiella Richardi, E. L. Bouvier, 1905 (juv. solum). 

 Funchalia Woodwardi, E. L. Bouvier, 1908, p. 93, ubi syn. 



No less than 67 specimens were obtained of this 

 curious species, all of which are immature, the largest 

 only about 7.5 cm. long while the type specimen taken 

 by Johnson at Madeira in 1867 was 6V2 inches or about 

 J.7V2 cm. Bouvier (1908) belives that Funchalia leads a 

 bathypelagic life though being able to ascend to the 



Table of catches. (Hauls during night marked * ). 



St. 



Gear 



m. w. 



Number 



Sex, size 



23* 



y 



400 



8 



4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8 





29 



1 sn 



200 





12 





» 



y 



2000 





11 





34* 



V2 sn 



600 





9 





35* 



4 In 



2400-0 





8 





38 



Va sn 



200 





8 





39* 



1 sn 



150 





8 





42* 



y 



900 





5 





* 



y 



300 



5 



20, 12. 11, 11, 8 





* 



1 sn 



100 



2 



12, 11 





45* 



1 sn 



100 



6 



8, 8, 7, 4, 3, 2 







1 sn 



200 



17 



18, 10, 9, 9, 8, 8, 7, 6, 6, 

 4, 3, 2 



6. 6, 5, 4, 4, 



* 

 71 



3 In 



3000 



4 



20, 14, 10, 9 





49* 



4 In 



1000-0 



2 



9, 7 





•n 



y 



2000 



2 



9, 5 





t-r 



3 In 



3000 



1 



8 





51* 



y 



2000 



1 



18 





52 



V2 sn 



100 



2 



5, 5 





53* 



1 sn 



100 



7 



5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 





58 



y 



300 



1 



3 





67 y 



1200 



2 



5, 3.5 





14 21 





67 





upper waterlayers. From the catches of the „Miehael 

 Sars" Expedition it would appear that the young, at last 

 of Funchalia are denizens of the upper waterlayers though 

 not of the very surface, most of the 67 specimens (43) 

 having been taken between 50 and 150 metres and the 

 rest probably during the hauling up of the gear from 

 greater depths. 



As to the geographical distribution it may be noted 

 that the species was taken both in the Sargasso Sea, S. 

 of the Azores and W of North Africa while formerly it was 

 known only from the neighbourhood of the Azores and 

 the Canary Islands. 



Parapenxus longirostris H. Lucas. 

 Penwus longirostris, H. Lucas, 1849. 

 Parapenmis longirostris, E. L. Bouvier, 1908, p. 102 (ubi syn.). 



At st. 21 the trawl brought up from a depth of 535 

 metres four females of the above species. Their length 

 of carapace was 29, 30, 32 and 36 mm. respectively, 

 total length 15 — 17 cm. 



The species has formerly been taken off the coasts 

 of Portugal and Morocco and in the Mediterranean down 

 to a depth of 500 metres. 



STENOPIDES. 



Spongicola Koehleri Caullery. 

 Spongicola Koehleri, Caullery, 1896. 



This interesting species was discovered by the *Cau- 

 dan" in the Bay of Biscay in a depth of 1410 meters in 

 1896. Since that time it has probably not been retaken 

 until the "Michael Sars" expedition obtained one specimen 

 at st. 23, from a depth of 1215 metres. C = 9, L = 24 mm. 



