Greenland 2 1916 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Geol.ic. Photographs
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At least two species of "Beroe" one looks like a rose-pink musk-melon of all sizes up to about three inches in diameter, as it floats in the bay. Seems usually to float with infundibulum up and mouth down. Lying in the tray, the shape is that of a circumber and the largest specimen obtained measure 4 1/2, 4 3/4, 5 inches long and 1 3/8 - 1 3/4 inches across. Infundibular end is rounded, oral end somewhat contracted so that the mouth is not bell shaped as in figure of "Beroe forskalii" of p. 211 of Textbook of Zool. vol. I. Parker & Haswell. Common another form, represented by one specimen, is more brown in color, broader in proportion to length, when compared with preceding, and mouth is more expanded. collected one specimen of a large (7+ inches) "Beroe"(?) circumber-shaped form which was perfectly colorless except for dark brown lump at the infundib- ular end of the mass - This was more delicate than the other forms and was torn to pieces in transportation and transfer with inadequate tools. These rose pink "Beroe"s are slightly phosphorescent. "Akrpiasua"