.‘‘ TERRA NOVA ” EXPEDITION. 
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STOMATOPODA. 
I,—INTRODUCTION. 
The only species of Stomatopoda represented hy adult specimens in the “Terra 
Nova” collection was obtained off the Brazilian coast, and is apparently undescribed. 
A considerable number of larvae and a few early post-larval specimens were collected 
by the tow-net in the Atlantic and oft’ the north of New Zealand. It has not been 
thought necessary to give more than brief notes on these immature specimens. In 
most cases they can be identified with, or placed near to, larvae described by earlier 
authors, but the material does not enable the sequence of stages to be traced out for 
any species, and the mere description and naming of new larval “species” from scanty 
material seems unlikely to be of much value to future workers. 
In the notes which follow, the larval names are distinguished bv being enclosed 
within square brackets. 
II.—LIST OF STATIONS AT WHICH STOMATOPODA WERE OBTAINED. 
South and Equ 
Station 39. 
,, 40 . 
„ 42. 
„ 45. 
„ 46. 
47. 
„ 49. 
„ 50. 
,, 58. 
311. 
ATORiAL Atlantic. 
Six miles off month of Rio de Janeiro Harbour. Plankton. 50-mesh net at 2 metres 
depth. April 27, 1913, 11.0 p.m. to 1.30 a.m. 
Same as Station 39. 2.30 to 5.0 a.m. 
22 56' S., 41 34' W. 40 fathoms, Agassiz trawl. May 2, 1913. 
21 S., 37 50' W. Plankton. 7-mesh net at surface. May 4, 1913, 12.50 to 1.30 a.m- 
20 30' S., 36 30' IV. Plankton. 7-mesh net at surface. May 4, 1913, 10.30 to 
11.0 p.m. 
Same as Station 46. 50-mesh net. 
18 ’ 51' S., 33 40' W. Plankton. 7-mesh net at surface. May 6, 1913, 4.30 to 5.0 a.m. 
is S., 31 45' W. Plankton. 50-mesh net at surface. May 7, 1913, 12.35 to 1.15 a.m. 
O ’, 25 15' W. Plankton. 50-mesh net at surface. May 16, 1913, 1.0 to 1.30 a.m. 
35 29' S., 50 26' W. Plankton. Young fish trawl at 2 metres depth. Apr. 22, 
1913, 8.0 to 10.0 a.m. 
North or New Zealand. 
Station 86. 
127. 
133. 
135. 
1 36. 
Off Three Kings Islands. Plankton. 50-mesh net at 3 metres depth. July 25, 1911, 
8.0 p.m. to 5.0 a.m. 
34 4' S., 171 55' E. Plankton. 24-mesh net at surface. Aug. 6, 1911, 9.0 p.m. to 
4.0 a.m. 
34 13' S., 172 15'E. Plankton. Square 18-mesh net at surface. Aug. 24, 1911, 
9.0 a.m. to noon. 
Off Three Kings Islands. Plankton. 50-mesh net at surface. Aug. 25, 1911, 9.0 p.m. 
to 5.0 a.m. 
Spirits I lay, near North Cape. Plankton. Square 18-mesh net at 20 metres depth. 
Aug. 30, 1911, 8.0 p.m. to 6.0 a.m. 
Spirits Bay, near North Cape. Plankton. Square 18-mesh net at 3 metres depth. 
Sept. 1, 1911, 9.0 p.m. to 6.0 a.m. 
Spirits Bay, near North Cape. Plankton. Square 18-mesh net at surface. Sept. 2, 
1911, 9.0 p.m. to 6.30 a.m. 
