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Fig. 11. Euryte longicauda Philippi, 1843, adult female. A, body, dorsal; B, lateral; C, genital double-somite, lateral; D, antennule; E, fifth leg. 



The distribution of E. longicauda apparently encompasses all 

 European coasts from the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean (Franz- 

 Joseph Land) and the East coast of Greenland (Giesbrecht, 1900; 

 Herbst, 1989) but many of the records of this species are accompa- 

 nied by inadequate descriptions, if any. Geographically remote 

 records from outside the European region, such as those of Gurney 



(1927b) from the Suez Canal and Samoa, or those of Thomson 

 (1882) (as Thorellia brunnea var. antarctica) from New Zealand, 

 require verification. 



The body size of the Euryte longicauda from Mallorca falls in the 

 range characteristic of the variety E. longicauda var. minor Scott, 

 1905, which was elevated, rather inconsistently, to full specific 



