SPLANCHNOTROPHID.E. CHONDRACANTHIDJE. 217 



Fam. 2. SPLANCHNOTROPHIDJE. 

 SPLANCHNOTROPHUS GRACILIS, Hancock & Norman. 



1803. Splanchnotrophus gracilis, Hancock & Norman, " On Splanchun- 

 ti'ophus, an undescribed genus of Crustacea, parasitic in Nudi- 

 branchiate Mollusca," Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiv. p. 50, pi. xv. ; 

 and pi. xvi. figs. 7-10. 



The type specimens were found buried in the flesh of the 

 Nudibranch Acanthodoris pilosa, Mliller, taken on the south 

 coast of Devonshire. 



Fam. 3. CHONDRACANTHID^E. 

 CHONDRACANTHUS ZEI, De la Roche. 



1850. Chondracanthus zei, Baird, p. 327, pi. xxxv. fig, 1. 

 1900. Chondracanthus zei, T. Scott, p. 167, pi. viii. tig. 1. 



Polperro (ATus. JVor.) ; very common on gills of Zeus 

 faber at Plymouth (JSassett-SmitJi). 



CHONDRACANTHUS LOPHII, Johnston. 



1850. Chondracanthus lophii, Baird, p. 330, pi. xxxv. fig. 3. 

 1879. Chondracanthus gibbosus, C. Vogt, Crustacea Parasites des 

 Poissons, p. 76, pi. v. figs. 1-4 ; pi. vi. figs. 1-3, J $ . 



On the Angler, Starcross (C. Parker) and Polperro 

 (Laugliriii} ; both in Mns. Nor. Plymouth (A. M. N. 

 1889) ; Falmouth (W. P. Cock*). 



CHONDRACANTHUS MERLUCCII (Holten). 



1837. Chondracantlms merluccii, Kroyer, Naturbist. Tidssk. vol. i. 

 p. 278, pi. iii. figs. 9 a-d. 



Common in the mouth of the Hake, Gadus merluccius. 

 Starcross and Polperro (C. 'Parker and Laughrin in Mas. 

 Nor.}. Plymouth (Bassett-Smitli). 



CHONDRACANTHUS SOLEJE, Kroyer. 



1838. Chondracanthus solece, Kroyer, Naturhist. Tidssk. vol. ii. p. 139, 

 pi. iii. fig. 4. 



1900. Chondracanthus solea, T. Scott, p. 165 ; pi. vii. tigs. 41-45. 



On the Dab near Starcross (C. Parker in J\fus. JX'or.')- 

 Gill-cavity of Solea vulgaris at Plymouth (Bassett-SmitK). 



CHONDRACANTHUS CORNUTUS (0. F. Miiller). 



1850. Lernentoma cornuta, Baird, p. 328, pi. xxxv. fig. 2. 



1851. Chondracanthus cornutus, P. J. van Beneden, Ann. des Sci. 

 Nat. ser. 3, vol. xvi. p. 108, pi. iv. figs. 1-4. 



