112 LIVERPOOL MARINE BIOLOGY COMMITTEE REPORT. 



Family IX. — PLUMULARiiDiE. 



Antennularia antennina^ Linnaeus. 



Eecorded by Byerley as being picked up frequently with 

 out polyps. Mersey (J. S. Hicks). Not uncommon (A. 

 Walker). 



Several very large colonies, from three to ten inches in 

 height, with gonothecae, were obtained from the south end 

 of the Isle of Man in August, 1885. 



Obtained in Hilbre Swash on June 20th. 



Antennularia ramosa, Lamarck. 

 Recorded by Byerley as being about as common as the 

 preceding species. Mersey (J. S. Hicks). 



A small piece, very much broken, showing neither gono- 

 thecae nor nematophores, was dredged from the Welsh- 

 man's Gut on June 20th, 1885. 



Aglaophenia pluma, Linnaeus. 



Plumularia cristata, Johnston, B. Z. 92, pi. xxiii, figs. 1-3. 

 pi. xxiv, fig. 1. 



Recorded by Bj^erley under the name of Plumularia 

 cj'istata as having been found on the Bootle coast by Mr. 

 Tudor. Rare, and frequently with polyps alive, parasitic on 

 Halidrys siliquosa, Mr. Marrat. Mersey (J. S. Hicks). Also 

 mentioned by Hincks as being common at the Isle of Man. 

 Menai Straits (Pennington). Colwyn Bay (A. 0. Walker). 



Found at Penmaenmawr in July, 1885, by Mr. Thompson. 



Aglaophenia myriophyllum, Linnaeus. 



Plumularia myriophyllum, Johnston, B. Z. 99, pi. xxiii, figs. 4, 5. 

 Lytocarpus myriophyllum, Pennington, Brit. Zooph. 



Recorded by Byerley under the name of Plumularia 

 myrioyhyllum as being very rare ; found once by Mr. Marrat 

 at Waterloo, and once between Egremont and Seacombe. 

 Mersey (J. S. Hicks). Isle of Man (Forbes). 



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