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DEC 29 1800 

 The Fauna of the Salcombe Estuary. 



By 



E. J. Allen, D.Sc, and R. A. Todd, B.Sc. 



With the assistance of W. Garstang, M.A., W. I. Beaumont, B.A., 

 T. V. Hodgson, and R. H. Worth. 



CONTENTS. 



I. Introduction 



II. The Physical Conditions Prevailing in tlie Salcombe Estuary 



III. Descrijition of the Fauna found in different parts of the Salcombe Estuary : — 



1. The Salstone ..... 



2. Mud-flat between Garston Point and Salstone 



3. Halwell Point to Pilworthy Point 



4. Zostera Banks at the North-eastern End of Salcombe Harbour 



5. Southpool Lake ..... 



6. East Side of Salcombe Harbour (Ditch End to Ferry House) 



7. Sand Banks and Zostera Beds near tlie Mouth of Salcombe Harbour 



8. Bays outside Salcombe Harbour 



9. Channel West of Salstone .... 



10. Channel between Salstone and Snape's Point 



11. Shell-gravel around Snape's Point and in the " Bag" 



12. Channel between Snape's Point and the Mouth of the Harbour 



IV. A Complete List of the Species Identified, with an account of their local 



distribution : — 

 Foraminifera, by R. H. Worth 

 Porifera 

 Hydrozoa 

 Actinozoa 

 Echinoderma 

 Nemertina . 

 Turbellaria . 



Gephyrea, by A. E. Shipley 

 Polychreta, by E. J. Allen 

 Crustacea, by R. A. Todd 

 Pycnogonida, by R. A. Todd 

 Polyzoa 



Mollusca, by R. A. Todd 

 Tunicata 

 Pisces, by W. Gakstang 



Appendix.— Notes on the Seine and Trammel Fishing in Salcombe Harbour during 

 1900, from records supplied by Mr. J. Luskey Coad, of Salcombe 



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