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Gangfodderne (se Fig. 1) er forholdsvis temmelig 
robuste og mindre stserkt afsmalnende mod Enden end 
ssedvanligt. Do er neppe mere end 2 1 /* Gang lamgere end 
Legemet og ser ved forste 0iekast ganske glatte ud. Ved 
neiere Undersogelse riser de sig imidlertid overalt temme- 
lig tat besatte med samleles smaa mikroskopiske Torner, 
der giver dem on noget ru Overfkde. Af Leddene er 
Laarleddet det storste og hos Hunnerne ofte stmrkt op- 
blmst paa Grand af de i dets indre sig udviklende 7P! g, 
De 2 Lsegled er indbyrdes nsesten af ens Lmngde og ethvert 
af dem omtrent saa langt som Hoftepartiet. Tarsalleddet 
(se Fig. 1 g) er meget lidet, af triangular Form og smr- 
deles bevsegeligt forbundet med foregaaende Lied; det gaar 
paa den ydre Side ud i en tilspidset Flig og liar Inder- 
kanten ganske svagt udbuet samt besat med nogle laengere 
Borster og en enkelt staark Torn. Fodleddet - (ibid.) er 
sierdeles kraftigt udviklet, omtrent 3 Gange lamgere end 
bredt og staerkt krumruet. Det er overalt besat med korte 
tornformige Burster og har Inderkanten dybt indbugtet 
samt ved Roden noget pladeformigt udvidet; til Randen af 
denne Udvidning er fsestet 6 stark®, fortil krummode Tor- 
ner, hvoraf de 2 forreste er stillede jevnsides. Endekloen 
er kraftig, noget krummet og omtrent halvt saa lang som 
Fodleddet. Bikloerrie er derimod meget smaa, skjondt 
tydeligt udviklede og ragende frem foran Endekloens Yder- 
kant. 
Integumenterne er temmelig tykke og at lsederagtig 
Consistent^ samt halvt gjennemsigtige. 
De til de falske Fodder hos Haunen fsestede ydre 
iEgmassers Antal er vexlende, ofte saerdeles stort (se Fig. 
1 a), af kugledannet Form og indeholdende talrige meget 
smaa yEg. 
Faiven ei ialmindelighed mere eller mindre intensiv 
lpd, navnlig hos de paa grundere Vand forekommende In- 
divider, undertiden mork brunlig eller sepia-farvet. 
Forekomst. Arten synes at forekomme langs vor 
hele Kyst, smdvanligvis paa ganske grundt Vand. Ved 
Finmarken har jeg endog taget den i Fjseren under Stene 
sammen med Pycnogonum Morale. Den gaar imidlertid 
af og til ogsaa ned til meget betydelige Dyb, og jeg liar 
endog ved Flore optaget et Exemplar, en fuldt udviklet 
Hun, tra et Dyb af 100 Favne. 
Udbredning. Arten er utvivlsomt en udprseget nord- 
iig Form og opnaar i Overensstemmelse hermed sin kraf- 
tigste Udvikling i de arktiske Have. Foraden ved Norges 
Kyster er den saaledes kjendt fra den nmrmanske Kyst 
(Jarzynsky). Gronland (Kroyer) og Nordamerikas 0stkyst 
(Wilson). Mod Syd gaar den til de britiske 0er (John- 
ston 0 . fl.), Danmark (Kroyer, Hansen) og, livis den af 
Hoek undersegte Form virkelig er den samme, ogsaa til 
Holland og Frankriges Nordkyst. 
The ambulatory legs (see fig. 1) are comparatively 
rather robust, and taper less abruptly towards the extrem- 
ity than usual. They measure scarcely more than 2 1 / a 
times the length of the body, and appear at the first 
glance to be quite smooth. O 11 closer examination how- 
ever, they are found to be rather closely beset with micro- 
scopically minute spines, which give them a somewhat 
rough surface. Of the joints, the femoral is the 
largest, and in the females often very much swollen, owing 
to the eggs developing within. The 2 tibial joints are 
well-nigh oi one length, and each about as long as the 
coxal section. The tarsus (see fig. 1 g) is very small, of 
triangular form, and very movably connected with the 
preceding joint; on the outer side it terminates as a pointed 
lappet, having the inner margin faintly arched and beset 
with a few comparatively long bristles and one strong spine. 
The propodus (ibid.) is most powerfully developed, about 
6 times as long as broad, and strongly curved. It is 
everywhere beset with short spiniform bristles, and has 
the inner edge deeply emarginate, as also at the base some- 
what lamellarly expanded; to the margin of this expansion 
are affixed 6 strong, anteriorly curving spines, the 2 fore- 
most in juxtaposition. The terminal claw is powerful, 
slightly curved, and about half as long as the propodus. 
The auxiliary claws on the other hand are very small, 
though distinctly developed, and project beyond the outer 
margin of the terminal claw. 
The integuments are rather thick and coriaceous in 
consistence, and semi-translucent. 
The number of the outer egg-masses attached to the 
false legs in the male, is found to vary, being often exceed- 
ingly large ( see fig. 1 a) ; they have a globular form and 
contain numerous minute eggs. 
The colour is generally a more or less vivid red, in 
I particular oi specimens from shallower water, sometimes 
dark- brownish or a sepia tint. 
Oeeurrenee. — The species would seem to occur 
along the whole of the Norwegian coast, as a rule in quite 
shallow water. In Finmark I have even taken it on the 
beach, under stones, along with Pycnogonum Morale. In 
some cases however it goes down to a very considerable 
depth, and at Flora I have even brought up a specimen, 
a fully developed female, from about 100 fathoms. 
Distribution. — The species is unquestionably a 
well-marked Northern form, attaining accordingly its fullest 
development in the Arctic Seas. Hence, besides the coasts 
of Norway, it is known from the Murman coast (Jarzyn- 
sky), Greenland (Kroyer), and the east coast of North 
America (Wilson). Southward, its range extends to the 
British Islands (Johnston and others), Denmark (Kroyer, 
Hansen), and, assuming the form examined by Hoek to 
be really the same, also to Holland and the north coast 
of France. 
