542 NOTES ON THE INVERTEBRATE FAUNA AND FISH-FOOD 



Other common species were Eupagurus Bernhardus and E. Prideauxii, 

 with their attendant anemones Sagartia parasitica and Adamsia palliata, 

 these being especially abundant, and also Astrojjcden irregularis, Asterias 

 rubcns, Portunus dcpurator, Pcdcn opcrcularis, Solcn pcllucidus, and Sgn- 

 dosmya alba, the two latter being taken in Plaice and Dab stomachs. 

 Soil, fine sand and mud ; depth, 9-20 fathoms. 



List of Species.* 

 HYDROZOA. 



Hydractinia echinata. Not uncommon. 

 Obelia longissima. Dead ; taken once. 

 Camimuularia verticillata. Taken once. 

 Sertularella Gayi. Taken once. 



„ j)olyzonias. Taken once. 



Sertularia operculata. Taken once. 



Sertularia abietina. Common. 

 Hydralhnania falcata. Moderately 



common. 

 Antennularia antennina. Taken once. 

 „ ramosa. Occasionally taken. 



ACTINOZOA. 



Alcyonium digitatum. Occasional. 



Sagartia parasitica. Common with E. Bernliardus. 



Adamsia palliata. Common with E. Prideauxii. 



ECHINODERMA. 



Astropecten irregularis. Common. ; Echinus miliaria. Taken occasionally. 



Asterias rubens. Common. I Spatangus purpureus. Fragment only. 



Ophiura ciliaris. Taken occasionally. ! Echinocardiumcordatum. Occasionally. 



POLYCHiETA. 



Aphrodite aculeata {Linn.). Not uncommon. 

 Acholoe astericola (Glpd.). Taken once. 

 Chcetopterus variopedatus {Clpd.). Not uncommon. 



CRUSTACEA 

 Maia squinado. Very common. i Atelecyclus heterodon. Moderately 



Eurynome asjjera. Taken once. 

 Cancer pagurus. Taken occasionally. 

 Portunus puber. Taken once. 



„ depurator. Common. 



„ holsatus. Occasionally. 

 Polybius Henslowii. One ^ taken. 

 Gonoplax angulatum. One taken from 

 Thornback stomach. 



common. 

 Corystes cassivelaunus. Common. 

 Eujmgurus Bernliardus. Very common. 

 „ Prideauxii. Very common. 



Porcellana longicornis. 

 Palinurus vulgaris. One. 

 Homarus vulgaris. One. 



* The following is the nomenclature used throughout : — 

 Hydrozoa. Hincks, British Hydroid Zoophytes. 

 Actinozoa. Gosse, The British Sea-anemones and Corals. 

 Echinodernia. Bell, Catalogue of British Echinoderms in the British Museum. 

 Crustacea. Bell, British Stalk-eyed Crustacea. 

 MoUusca. Forbes and Hanley, British Mollusca. 

 Polyzoa. Hincks, British Marine Fohjzou. 

 Tunicata. Herdnian, A Revised Classification of the Tunicata. Liuu. Soc. Jour., xxiii. 



