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Rathkea octopunctata (Sars). 
Cytaeis octopunctata M. Sars 1835—1837—1846. 
Rippocrene — Forbes 1841 p. 84. 
Lizzia — — 1848 p. 64. pi. 12, fig 3. 
Margellium octopunctatum Haeckel 1879 p. 95. 
Rathkea octopunctata — — p. 97. 
— — Levinsen 1892 p. 145. 
Margellium octopunctatum Levinsen 1892 p. 145. 
— gratum — — p. 145. 
— octopunctatum Browne 1895 p. 270. 
i. p. Rathkea Blumenbachii Hartlaub 1911 p. 229. 
Levinsen notes this species from Egedesminde at the en- 
trance to the Disco Bay ( Margellium octop. and Rathkea octop.) 
and from Jakobshavn in the Disco Bay ( Margellium gratum ). The 
“Tjalfe” has taken it at one station only, but in great abundance 
near Frederikshaab in July 1909. 
It is a widely distributed North Atlantic species. See the 
Addenda. 
Station: 502 (cc). 
Tiara pileata (Forskål). 
Medusa pileata Forskål 1775 p. 110. 
Oceania — Péron & Lesueur 1809 p. 345. 
Tiara — Haeckel 1879 p. 58. taf. 3, figs. 6—8. 
A few specimens were captured in August 1908 off the west 
coast of Disco. in July and August 1909 near Frederikshaab and 
Julianehaab. 
A very eurytherm and euryhalin species, distributed through- 
out the whole North Atlantic, most common at the European side, 
penetrating into inland seas, such as the Baltic. Mediterranean. 
Recorded by VanhOffen (1912) from the Pacific. 
Stations: 179 (rr) — 519 (rr) — 583 (rr). 
Tiara conifera Haeckel. 
Tiara conifera Haeckel 1879 p. 59. 
Levinsen records this species from Disco Bay and Holstens- 
borg. The “Tjalfe” has taken some specimens near Frederikshaab. 
