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REPORT on the ACTINIARIA of the L.M.B.C. 



DISTRICT. 



By John W. Ellis, L.R.C.P., F.E.S. 



The classification and nomenclature of species ^iven by 

 Dr. Andres ^^ in his recent monograph on the Actiniae of the 

 Bay of Naples have been followed in this Report, but the old 

 and well-known names used by Gosse f and other writers 

 on British Anemones have been inserted, when required, as 

 synonj^ms. 



ACTINIARIA. 



Family. — Actinid^ . 

 Sub-family. — Halcampin^. 



Halcampa chri/santhellum, Peach (?). 



A single specimen of a species, which from the presence 

 of twelve tentacles only would seem to be correctly placed 

 in this genus, was dredged from a depth of ten to twenty 

 fathoms off the S.E. coast of the Isle ot Man, by Professor 

 Herdman, in August, 1885, but from its contracted state and 

 loss of colour, the specimen is not capable of being identified. 

 Very probably it is Halcampa chrysanthelkim, which accord- 

 ing to Professor Haddon, is a very variable species, and is 

 found on the Irish coast, near Dublin. 



Sub - family . — S ag artin^ . 



Actinoloba dianthtis, Ellis (1767). 



This species, the Plumose anemone, is probably one of 

 the most common anemones in the immediate vicinity of 

 Liverpool. 



• Fauna und Flora des Gnlfes von Neapel. IX Monographia. Die 

 Actinien. Leipzig, 1884. 



t Actinologia Britannica, London, 186C. 



