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Farven af saavel Hannen som Huiinen er ensfonni) 
' s » u lagtig og saa gjennemsigtig at Here af He indre Oi 
® aner tydeligt skimtes igjennem Huden, nav 
W0rke Contenta fyldte Tarmkanal. 
ralig den mod 
Legemets Laengde er indtil 33™’", en i Sammenligning 
^ d de nvrige Arter af Slaegten aldeles colossal Storrelse. 
Pn overgaar endog i denne Henseeiule kjendeligt Mun- 
nopsis typica, der hidtil har vteret anseet som den mest 
sj<cmpenia>ssige Form i denne Familie. 
The colour alike of the male and the female is a 
uniform light-yellow, and so translucent that several of the 
inner organs can be plainly discerned shining through the 
skin, in particular the intestinal canal, with its dark con- 
tents. 
The length of the body reaches 33 ,nm , a truly colossal 
size compared with the other species of the genus. In 
this respect it appreciably exceeds even Munnopsis typica, 
hitherto held to be the largest form of the family. 
Forekomst og Udbredning. Exemplarer af denne 
a nselig e Art er under vor Expedition indsamlede paa ikke 
’ n mdre end 7 forskjellige Stationer. Da imidlertid de stserkt 
01 lamgede 2det Par Folere og Gangfodderne er yderst fragile 
°b derfor meget let brmkkes, er saagodtsom alle de ind- 
sa mlede Exemplarer mere eller mindre incomplette. Alene 
( ^ ‘‘iicste Individ (det her afbildede) lykkedes det mig, ved 
At: anvende den yderste Forsigtighed, at faa isoleret med 
®amtlig e Lemmer i Behold. Af de omtalte Stationer ligger 
(Suat. 33. 124, 251) i Havet udenfor vore Havbanker, 2 
1 Havet Vest af Beeron Eiland og de 2 nvrige Nordvest 
a* Spitsbergen; Dybden fra 260 til 658 Favne. Alle Sta- 
l0 uer alene med Undtagelse af den nordligste (Stat. 363) 
“merer deu kolde Area, 
Artens for Tiden bekjendte Udbredningsfelt er her- 
1 lei det vestlige Afheld mod Nordhavots store Dyb Ira 
®3de til den 80de Bredegrad. I folge Moddelelse Ira 
, 1, 'Stuxherg forekommer den imidlertid ogsaa i det sibi- 
ris ke Ishav. 
Occurrence and Distribution. — Specimens of this 
gigantic species were collected on the Norwegian Expedition 
at not less than 7 different Stations. Meanwhile, the 2nd, 
greatly produced, pair ot antennae and the equally elongate 
ambulatory legs being exceedingly fragile, and therefore 
easily broken, well-nigh all the examples obtained were in 
a more or less defective state. Only one individual (that 
represented here) was I enabled, by the most careful 
handling, to isolate with all its parts intact. Of the said 
Stations, 3 (Stats. 33, 124, 251.) lie off the great outer 
hanks of Norway, 2 in the tract of ocean west of Beeren 
Eiland, and the 2 others north-west of Spitzbergen. Depth 
ranging from 260 to 658 fathoms. All the Stations, save 
the most northerly (Stat, 363), are in the cold area. 
Hence, the tract throughout which the species is at 
present known to be distributed, comprises the western slope 
shelving down towards the great depths of the Northern 
Ocean, from the 63rd to the 80th parallel of latitude. Ac- 
cording to a communication from Dr. Stuxberg, the form 
also occurs in the Siberian Polar Sea. 
Tribus 5. Epica, rides. 
Tribus 5. Epicarides. 
I Bemserkninger. De herhen horende Isopoder har af 
c Heste Zoologer vseret stillet sammen med eller ialfald 
“ ( 1 Siden af den til Gruppen Flabdlifera horende Familie 
ywothoidw, vel isser paa Grand af den overensstemmende 
Parasitiske Levevis. Fritz Muller har imidlertid 1 vist, at 
1 1 Virkeligheden i sin Organisation kun viser meget liden 
vereasstemmelse med bin Familie, hvorimod han er mere 
1 Ghelig til at stille deni mennest ved de saakaldte Laml- 
^Dpoder (Onisciderne). Rigtigst, synes det mig af mange 
r unde at vame at henfpre de her oinhandlede Isopoder til 
e ^ ei1 storre Afdeling oiler Tribus, for hvilken den af 
dne Edwards foreslaaede Bcnaevnelse, Epicarides . bar bi- 
Hoholdes. 
Remarks. — The Isopods belonging to this division 
have by most zoologists been classed either under, or at 
least in immediate connexion with, the family Cymothoidce, 
belonging to the group Flabellifera, chiefly, one would im- 
agine from the parasitic nature common to the said forms. 
Meanwhile, Fritz Mttller* has shown, that, in their organi- 
sation, they exhibit but very slight agreement with that 
family ; indeed, be is rather disposed to regard them as 
approximating closest the so-called land-Isopods ( Oniscoida). 
For divers reasons, however, the Isopods treated of here 
can in my judgment, lay claim to he classed within a 
separate comprehensive division, or tribe, for which the 
designation, Epicarides, suggested by Milne Edwards, should 
certainly be retained. 
r . Bruchstiicke zur 
eitsc hrift, Bd. VI i. 
Naturgeschichte der Bopyriden. (Jenaische 
1 Bruchstricke zur Naturgeschichte der Bopyriden (Jenaische 
Zeitschrift, Bd. VI). 
