316 THE FAUNA OF THE EXE ESTUARY. 



List of Species. 



PORIFERA. 

 Sj'con ciliatum (?). Common on the piles. 



HYDROZOA. 



Hydractiiiia echinata. On shell inhalnted by Pagurus from prawnpot. 



POLYCH.ETA. 

 Small Nereids, probably young X. diver sicolor. 

 Polymnia nebulosa. Small specimens from amongst the Ascidians under stage. 



CRUSTACEA. 

 Cancer pagurus. A few small ones seen. 

 Carcinus maenas. Common. 

 Portunus puber. Several small and large seen. 

 Pagurus Bernhardus. One caught in prawnpot. 

 Homarus vulgaris. Not unconmion in holes in the dock walls. 

 Palfemon serratus. Common. 

 Macromysis flexuosa. Common. 

 Schistomysis Helleri. One. 



Ligia oceanica. Common on the walls above -water-level. 

 Dexamine spinosa. One or two. 



Gammarus locusta. Not uncommon on the piles, among weed, etc. 

 Notopterophorus gibber. Not uncommon in pharyngeal cavity of Gionn. 

 BopjTUS squillarum. Two parasitic on Palamon. 



MOLLUSCA. 

 Anomia ephippium. One on dock wall. [ Antiopa cristata. Several on walls, 

 Elysia viridis. One or two on piles. i piles, and boats in dock. 



POLYZOA. 

 Bugula turbiuata. Common underneath stage and on l)oats. 



TUNICATA. 



Ciona intestinalis. Extremely common on the piles and wall underneath the 

 Engineering Company's stage, on the dock walls between the swing bridge 

 and the dock gates, and in less quantity on the bottoms of various boats. 



Ascidiella aspersa. Common in same situations as Ciona. 



PISCES. 

 Gobius Ruthensparri. Common, one caught. 5-3 cm. 



„ paganellus. Several caught in prawnpot. 10-1, 7-2, 5-9, 5-1, 8-0 cm. 

 Blennius pholis. Common in crevices in wall. 



Atherina presbyter. A shoal seen (Aug. 16th) ; those captured measured -7- 1-1 cm. 

 Mugil chelo. Large ones common ; a shoal of young ones seen (Aug. 16th, 1901). 

 Gasterosteus aculeatus. One caught (Aug. 16th) among young grey mullet (Mugil 

 „ .spinachia, 2-5 cm. [chelo). 



Labrus maculatus. One caught, 15-0 cm. long. 

 Crenilabrus melops. Several caught, 7-7 cm. 

 Gadus pollachius. One caught, 4 cm. long. 

 Ammodytes tobianus. Shoals common. 

 Anguilla vulgaris. Two caught, about 23 cm. 

 Conger vulgaris. One of about 4 lbs. seen. 

 Syngnathus rostellatus. Several caught. 



