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Narragansett Bay at Wickford. This species has been reported 



rharlestown Pond. Al)un(hnit thnnio-hout th.- Mimnicr. 'Hie 

 predominant copepod in the tow. The Hfth hnihs of the female 

 are symmetrical in all the specimens examine.l and not as in 

 Wheeler's H<inre. 



Acartia clausii Gieshrecht 



1892. Acartia clausii Gieshrecht. 

 1895. Acartia clausii Thompson. 

 1898. Acartia clausii Thompson and Scott. 



Xarra-ansett Bay. Abundant in .January and February. 

 This species has a very wide distril)ution. occurrino- i,, the Atlantic, 

 Mediterranean, the Black Sea. and the (bilf of (;uinea (Scott, 

 '<.l-n. Thompson and .Se..tt h.und it in the (b.lf of St. Lawrrnce 

 but this is the first report of its .uvunvncc in New Fnuland waters. 



