THE FAUNA OF THE EXE ESTUARY. 



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List of Species. Shore Collecting. 



September 3rd, 1901. 



POLYCHiETA. 



Nei)litliys HomLergii. Many. 

 Pliyllodoce maculata (?). 

 Eteone pusilla. 

 Pygospio seticornis. 

 Scoloplos armiger. Common. 

 Aricia Latreillii. One small one. 



Arenicola marina. Very common. 

 Praxilla sp. Small, with irregular 



papilloe on anus. 

 Lanice concliilega. Not uncommon. 

 Melinna adriatica. Two. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Patella vulgata. Not uncommon on stones. 



Station 9. BULLHILL BANK. 



Oil this bank the soil varies considerably. Where first uncovered 

 it is composed of coarse and loose sand, and here practically the sole 

 inhabitant is Oinhdia hicornis. At lower levels the sand is finer and 

 firmer, whilst in places it only thinly covers a soil of coarse gravel. 

 There was a large quantity of Eiiteroniorpha growing on the bank. 



List of Species. Shore Collecting. 

 July 4th, 1901. 



POLYCH^ETA. 



Nereis longissima. One. 

 Nephthys Hombergii. One or two. 

 „ cseca. Several large 



specimens. 

 Neplithys cirrosa. Many in the sand, 



one or two fairly large. 

 Glycera convoluta. Two. 



Pygospio seticornis 



sand. 

 Nerine cirratulus. 

 Scoloj^los armiger. 

 Arenicola marina. 

 Ophelia bicornis. 



Plentiful in the 



Two. 



Several. 



Several. [sand. 



Common in loose 



Lanice concliilega. Fairly common. 



CRUSTACEA. 



Carcinus msenas. Occasional. 



Crangon vulgaris. Small, very common. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Mytilus edulis. Young ones swarmed 



on Enteroinorpha. 

 Cardium edule. Common on the fine 



sand to the north. 

 Tapes decussata. Several. 



Tellina tenuis. Several. 

 Solen vagina. One in sand. 

 Littorina littorea. Very common on 

 weeds at extreme north. 



PISCES. 

 Gobius minutus. Common. 



