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POLYCH^TA. 



Marpliysa sanguinea. Occasional specimens. 

 Nereis cultrifera. Occasional specimens. 



„ diversicolor. The commonest Nereid on tliis shore. 

 Neplithys Hombergii. Occasional specimens. 

 Audoninia tentacnlata. Common in places. 

 Arenicola marina. Common. 

 Melinna adriatiea. Very common in the finest mud. 



CRUSTACEA. 



Carcinus ma3nas. Small, common. 



Crangon vulgaris. Young common in pools in the mud. 



Schistomysis Helleri. In the jjools on the mud, not uncommon. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Scrobicularia piperata. One found in muddy gravel. 

 Tapes decussata. One or two in muddy gravel. 



6. EAST SIDE OF SALCOMBE HAEBOUR (DITCH END 

 TO FEEEY HOUSE). 



[Shore collecting : August 14th, 1900, tide 16 ft.] 



This shore was examined on one occasion only, and then not very 

 thoroughly. The northern half of it is composed of gravel and stones 

 mixed with a little mud, in which digging is difficult. In this hard 

 ground the following species were taken : — 



GEPHYREA. 



Phascolosoma vulgare. Common in a patch of gravel at a high tidal level. 

 „ pellucidum. A few. 



POLYCHiETA. 



Nereis irrorata. One. 



Branchiomma vesicuhjsum. Common in patches at same level as Phascolosoma vulgare. 



Further south sandy mud, covered in patches with zostera, was found. 



Species taken here were : — 



ACTINOZOA. 



Sagartia bellis. Not uncommon in places. 



POLYCHiETA. 



Harmothoe setosissima. One. Notomastus latericeus. Fairly common. 



Nephthys Hombergii. Melinna adriatiea. A few. 



Glycera convoluta. Myxicola infundibulum. One or two. 



Goniada maculata. One specimen. 



CRUSTACEA. 



Gebia stellata. Burrows of Gebia are common in patches of muddy sand 

 free from zostera. * 



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