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AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 
Suborder DECAPODA. 
Division (EGOPSIDA. 
Family Brachioteuthid^e. 
7.—Brachioteuthis sp., juv. (?) 
This [S.S.B. 446] and the following specimen were received from Mr. Charles 
Hedley, who found them among some other Expedition material bearing only the label 
“ 20 f., 21-1-14.”* It is characterised by its short, flaring mantle (text fig. 26); very 
Fig. 26.— Brachioteuthis. (?) 
x 6. 
Fig. 27. 
Sucker from left tentacle 
of 446. 
minute, subterminal fins; double row of rather large urn-shaped suckers on the sessile 
arms ; minute suckers (text fig. 27) on the tentacle club, scattered pairs of which continue 
down the stalk ; conspicuous, but long and narrow locking cartilages without transverse 
grooves, on the base of the funnel, &c., &c. All the suckers are poised on rather long, 
slender pedicels. An umbrella is wanting. Maximum length, 13mm. ; length of 
mantle alone, 5mm. 
On the whole it seems probable that the specimen is referable to the genus 
Brachioteuthis ( Tracheloteuthis ), but, having no suitable material available for com¬ 
parison, I feel no great certainty in the matter. 
* At this date the “ Aurora” was oil Drygalski Island.—E d. 
