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Actinia mesembryanthemum, Ellis and Solander. On the rocks 

 at the mouth of the harbour. One or two attached to stones at Millbay. 



Tealia crassicornis {Mi'dler). On the rocks at the mouth of the 

 harbour. 



Halcampa chrysanthellum {Peach). One specimen of this species 

 was found buried in the sand of the zostera bed near Millbay, on the 

 eastern side of Salcombe Harbour. 



Cerianthus, sp. A number of specimens were obtained in the 

 zostera banks on the western shore near the mouth of Salcombe 

 Harbour (under Marine Hotel). Not met with elsewhere in the estuary. 



ECHINODERMA. 



[Nomenclature: Jeffrey Bell, Catalogue of the British Echinodcrms 

 in the British 3Iuseum.'] 



Synapta inh^rens {0. F. MiUler). Not uncommon in the sand of 

 the zostera banks near the mouth of Salcombe Harbour on both the 

 east and west sides. The soil is a moderately clean sand with a small 

 admixture of mud. 



CucuMARiA pentactes {Montagu). Found under a stone amongst 

 the rocks at the mouth of Salcombe Harbour. 



AsTERiAS RUBENS, Linn. Only one specimen of this common species 

 was found. This was dredged in the channel west of the Salstone, 

 in the Kingsbridge estuary. 



AsTERiAS GLACiALis, Linn. One very large specimen on the shore at 

 the south end of the Salstone. This is the first record we have seen of 

 this species being found east of Bolt Head (cf. Journ. Mar. Biol. Assoc. 

 V. 1899, p. 467). 



Ophiura ciliaris (Linn.). One specimen dredged on the clean shell 

 gravel of the " Bag," at the entrance to the Kingsbridge estuary. 



Ophiocnida brachiata (Montagu). This is one of the many species 

 first described by Montagu from specimens obtained at Salcombe. 

 (Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. 1804, p. 84). It was rediscovered in the same 

 locality by Norman (Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist. S. VII. vol. iv. p. 289). 

 It occurs on the eastern side of the harbour close to low-water mark at 

 spring tides, and is most common at the edge of the zostera beds north 

 of Millbay Sands. When placed upon sand in a vessel of sea-water 

 these starfish burrow rapidly, sinking vertically into the sand, but 

 generally leaving the ends of the arms above the surface. 



Ophiothrix fragilis (0. F. Milller). Never met with in numbers, but 

 occasional specimens were found on the shore, generally under stones, 

 on the Salstone and amongst the rocks at the mouth of Salcombe 

 Harbour. A few were also dredged in the Kingsbridge estuary. 



