Harriman Alaska series . , Crustacea, p. go, pi. XXVII, fig. 4 (rostrum). Locality.—Monterey, California (Owen). SPIRONTOCARIS GRACILIS (Stimpson). Hippolyte gracilis STIMPSON, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, tenuissimus HOLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., VII, 203, gracilis HOLMES, op. cit., p. 205. Distribution.—From the Shumagins, Alaska, to Monterey, California:North of Bird Island, Shumagins, 21 fathoms (Albatross station 2850).Off Cape Beale, VancouverIsland, British Columbia,34 fathoms (Albatross sta-tion 2879). Off Cape Flattery, Washing-ton A
Harriman Alaska series . , Crustacea, p. go, pi. XXVII, fig. 4 (rostrum). Locality.—Monterey, California (Owen). SPIRONTOCARIS GRACILIS (Stimpson). Hippolyte gracilis STIMPSON, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, tenuissimus HOLMES, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., VII, 203, gracilis HOLMES, op. cit., p. 205. Distribution.—From the Shumagins, Alaska, to Monterey, California:North of Bird Island, Shumagins, 21 fathoms (Albatross station 2850).Off Cape Beale, VancouverIsland, British Columbia,34 fathoms (Albatross sta-tion 2879). Off Cape Flattery, Washing-ton AI~> fntVinrnQ I AllmtrnSS FIG. 31. Spironiocaris gra- ton, 40 latnoms \siwaiross cilis ? (X2) 2873). Off Drake Bay, California, 35 fathoms (Albatross sta-tion 3155). Off Point Reyes, California, 47 fathoms (Albatrossstation 3166). Monterey Bay, California (J. O. Snyder). Puget Sound (T. Kincaid, 1895). Puget Sound, deep water (Stimpson); Monterey(Holmes).. 78 RATHBUN On the few specimens examined the superior teeth are 4; the inferiorvary from 4 to 8. Stimpson says that the thick flagellum of the antennulae extends to theend of the rostrum; this is probably true of the $ . All the specimens inhand are females, in which the flagellum extends only about two thirdsthe length of the rostrum. Dimensions.—Approximate length of ? with eggs mm., length ofcarapace and rostrum 18 mm., of rostrum mm. SPIRONTOCARIS FLEXA Rathbun. Spirontocaris camtschatica RATHBUN, The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islandsof the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. ill, 557, 1899. Not S. camtschatica(Stimpson). Spirontocaris flexa RATHBUN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 896, 1902. Female.—Slender. Carapace crested on its anterior third; rostrumlonger than the carapace, armed with 4 or 5 teeth above, including i or2 on the carapace; anterior tooth near middle of rostrum; anterior halfof rostrum not limbed above. Rostrum very slender, nearly horizontal, a
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