330 CRUSTACEA. 



A. laevis (Thomp.}. Gen. dist., 10-105 f. (H.) : mod. freq. in Clyde and 



L. Fyne. 

 A. chiroacanthus (Lillj.). Skelmorlie Bank ; off Portincross ; Tan Buoy ; 



Lamlash B. (H.) : E. L. Tarbert (S.). 



Fam. Porcellanidae. 



Porcellana platycheles (Penn.). Under stones, nr. Cunibrae ; Lamlash B. 



(H.) : Lunderston B. (S.). 

 P. longicornis (Lin.). C. and gen. dist., more freq. inshore ; usually hard 



ground. 



Fam. Galatheidae. 



Galathea squamifera, Leach. Under stones 1. w., Cumbrae ; Lamlash B. ; 



off Fairlie (H.) : U. L. Fyne (M.) : E. L. Tarbert ; Lunderston B. 

 G. nexa, Embleton. L. Fyne, 20-40 f. ; Tan Buoy, 7-8 f. ; Lamlash B. ; 



Skelmorlie Bank ; etc. (H.) ; U. L. Fyne (M.). 

 G. dispersa, Bate. Mod. c. and gen. dist. ; usually hard ground. 

 G. intermedia, Lillj. G. hard ground, 10-20 f. (H.) : L. Fyne 10-20, f. (M.). 

 G. strigosa, Fabr. Under stones at 1. w. spring tides, Cumbrae ; young 



dredged off Roseneath Pt., 15 f., hard ground (H.) : Strachur B. (S.). 

 Munida rugosa (Fabr.). Gen. dist. and mod. c., usually d. w. 



Fam. Thalassinidae. 



Jaxea nocturna, Nardo. -Adult fragments twice (1899) in fish stomachs nr. 



Ailsa Craig (F. G. Pearcey) : Young at times freq. in bottom tow-net 



(F.S.G.). 



Fam. Thaumastochelidae. 

 Calocaris macandreae, Bell. L. Fyne, 40-105 f.; off Tarbert ; offWemyssB., 



40 f. ; off Brodick B., 93 f. (H.). 



Fain. Palinnridae. 

 Palinums vulgaris, Latr. Off Campbeltown ; L. Fyne (H.) : r. 



Fam. Nephropsidae. 



Nephrops norvegicus (Lin.). C., usually d. w. 



Astacus gammarus (Lin.). Rocky shores nr. mouth of Firth, c., (H.) : 

 E. L. Tarbert, etc. 



Fam. Crangonidae. 



Crangon vulgaris (Lin.). Mod. c. ; shall, w. inshore, on sandy, weedy 



bottom. 



C. allmanni, Kinahan. C. and gen. dist., mostly in d. w. 

 Egeon sculptus (Bell.). Lamlash B., 5 f., two (A. M. N.) ; off Muggie Pt., 



L. Cumbrae, 20 f., one (H.). 

 Pontophilus spinosus, Leach. Not c. ; many localities as far up as Cloch 



L.H., usually soft ground 20-60 f. (H.). 



Cheraphilus nanus (Kr.). Off Cumbrae (R.) : Ballantrae Bank (F. S. G.). 

 C. echinulentus, M. Sars. Off Skate L, L. Fyne, 105 f., one (H.) : not very 



r. at mouth of estuary (F. S. G.). 

 C. neglectus, G. 0. Sars. Occasionally in E. L. Tarbert and vicinity, 



5-20 f. (S.). 



Fam. Nikidae. 



Nika edulis, Risso.Que off Skate L, 105 f. ; one off Brodick 93 f. (H.) : 

 occasionally in shrimp-trawl in seaward part of estuary (F. S. G.). 



Fam. Hippolytidae. 



Caridion gordoni (Bate). Lamlash B. (A. M. N.) : not c. throughout Firth ; 

 d. w. (H.). 



