3 bagerste Par. Flere uregelmsessig kugleformige ydie 
iEgmasser tilstede hos Hannen. 
Bemserkninger. Denne Sltegt skiller sig, som det 
vil sees, i mange Henseender meget vsesentligt ira toregaa- 
ende, og det er egentlig kun den fuldstaendige Mangel af 
Saxlemmer og Folere, der har ledet til at man ialminde- 
lighed henf0rer den til sannne Familie som bkegten Pyc- 
nogonum. Naar afsees fra do line, for begge Slsegter t miles 
Character, synes naervEerende Slrngt i Virkeligheden at 
slutte sig neerinere til de til folgende Familie, PhoxichilidhdcB , 
horende Former. Jeg finder det derfor meget sandsynligt, | 
at man, naar Here Slmgter og Arter bliver kjendte, vil linde 
det nodvendigt at opstille for denne Slmgt eu egen F amilie. 
Der er af forskjellige Autores opfoi't on hel Del Arter at 
naervEerende Slicgt ; men det er meget langt fra, at disse 
formentlige Arter er tilstraekkelig skarpt distingverede fra 
hverandre, og jeg anser det derfor for rimeligt, at deres 
Tal vil blive betydelig reduceret. Under disse Omstaendig- 
heder vil en fornyet, udforlig Beskrivelse af den i de noi- 
diske Have forekonnnende Art neppe befindes at vsere 
overflpdig. 
3. Phoxichilus spinosus, (Mont.). 
(PI. I, Pig. 3, a— g). 
Phallanghm spinosum, Montagu, Transact. Linn. Soc. Lon- 
don, Vol. IX, p. 100, PI. V, %. 7. 
Phoxichilus spinosus, Johnston, Mag. of Zool. & Botany, I, 
p. 377. 
n „ Kroyer, Nat. Tidsskr., ny Raekke, I, 
p. 125. 
„ Gaimard’s Voyage Scandinavie, PI. 35 
Fig. 1, a— f. 
n Goodsir, Ann. Nat. Hist. Vol. 14, p. 
2, PI. 1, fig. 3 — 5. 
? Endeis gracilis , Philippi, Arch. f. Nat. Jahrg. 9, Bd. 1. 
? Phoxichilus inermis, Hesse, Ann. d. Sci. Nat. Zool. VII, 
p. 199. 
? Phoxichilus Icevis, Grube, Mitli. liber St. Malo und Ros- 
coff, p. 31 & 50, Tab. 1, Fig. L 1 c. 
? Phoxichilus vulgaris, Dohrn, die Pantopoden des Golfos 
von Neapel; p. 169, Tab. X, Fig. 6; Tab. X a, Fig. 
16—20; Tab. XI, Fig. 1—10, 12, 13, 16 — 27. 
Phoxichilus spinosus, Hoek, Nouvelles etudes sui les Pyc- 
nogonides, p. 518, PI. XXVIII, Fig. 33. 
G. O. Sars, Pycnogonidea borealia & 
arctica, No. 3. 
Artscharacter. Legemet smalt cylindriskt, med Side- 
fortsatserne vidt adskilte og omtrent saa lange som Lege- 
met er bredt. enhver ved Enden oven til forsynet med et 
tandformigt Fremspring. Hovedsegnientet neppe ltengere 
auxiliary claws. The generative openings in the female 
occur on the 2nd coxal joint of each leg, in the male on the 
3 posterior pairs only. Numerous irregular globe-shaped 
outer egg-masses in the male. 
Remarks. — This genus is, as will appear, in many 
respects very essentially distinguished from the preceding, 
and indeed the total absence of chelifori and palps has 
alone led to its being generally classed under the same 
family as the genus Pycnogonum. Nay, apart from this 
character, common to both genera, the present genus 
would seem to approximate more closely the forms of the 
next family, Phoxichilidiidce. Hence, when a greater num- 
ber of genera and species shall have become known, it 
will. 1 certainly think, prove necessary to establish a se- 
parate family for this genus. Many species belonging to 
the present genus have been instituted by different authors ; 
but these species are far from being defined with sufficient 
precision, and I regard therefore as highly probable that 
a considerable reduction will be made in their number. 
Under these circumstances, to describe anew and in detail 
the species occurring in the Northern Seas is hardly su- 
perfluous. 
3. Phoxichilus spinosus, (Mont ). 
(PI. I, fig. 3, a— g). 
Phallanghm spinosum, Montagu, Transact. Linn. Loc. Lon- 
don, Vol. IX, p. 100, PI. V, fig. 7. 
Phoxichilus spinosus, Johnston, Mag. of Zool. & Botany, 
I, p. 377. 
Kroyer, Nat. Tidsskr., Ny Raekke, I, 
’p. 125. 
n Gaimard, Voyage en Scandinavie, PI. 
35, fig. 1, a— f. 
Goodsir, Ann. Nat. Hist., Vol. 14, p. 2, 
PI. 1, figs. 3 — 5. 
? Endeis gracilis, Philippi, Arch. f. Nat. Jahrg. 9, Bd. 1. 
;<? Phoxichilus inermis, Hesse, Ann. d. 8>ci. Nat. Zool. 
VII, p. 199. 
2 phoxichilus Icevis, Grube, Mitth. fiber St. Malo und 
Roscoff, p. 31 & 50, Tab. 1, fig. 1, 1 c. 
2 Phoxichilus vulgaris, Dohrn, Die Pantopoden des Goltes 
von Neapel; p. 169, Tab. X, fig. 6; Tab. X a, fig. 
16-20; Tab. XI, fig. 1—10, 12, 13, 16-27. 
Phoxichilus spinosus, Hoek, Nouvelles etudes sur les Pyc- 
nogonides, p. 518, PI. XXVIII, fig. 33. 
n .. G. 0. Sars, Pycnogonidea borealia & 
arctica, No. 3. 
Specific Character. — Body slender-cylindrical, with 
the lateral processes wide apart and about as long as the 
body is broad, each furnished at the extremity above with 
a dentiform projection. Cephalic segment hardly longer 
