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BISCAYAN PLANKTON. 



Part IX.— THE MEDUSA. 



By Edward T. Browne, B.A., Zoological Research Laboratory ^ 



University College, London. 



[Communicated by Dr. G. Heebert Fowler, F.L.S.) 



(Plate 13.) 



Bead 7th June, 1906. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page 



Introduction 16-4 



Comparison with the Medusae recorded for the English Channel 165 



Previous Records for the Bay of Biscay 166 



On Collecting and Preserving Medusae 166 



Htdkomedus^. 



Anthomedtts^. 



1. Margelis autumnalia 1 ' 



Leptomedtjs*. 



2. Obelia lucifera 1"0 



3. Tima sp. ? 170 



Htdeoida. 



4. Campanularia fiexuosa 171 



TRACHOlTEDtrS^. 



5. Trachynema eurygaster 1' 1 



6. Colobonema sericeum 1 <- 



7. Ehopaloncma cceruleum 172 



8. Homoeonema platygonon 1 ' "^ 



9. Aglantha rosea l7o 



10. Aglantha sp 176 



11. Aglaura hemistoma 1 ' " 



NABCOMEDtTSiB. 



12. Cunoctantha fowleri, n. sp 177 



13. Pegantha sp 178 



14. Solmundolla sp 179 



SCTPHOMEDUS^. 



15. Periphylla sp 17^ 



16. AtoUa bairdii ^''^ 



17. Pelagia? Ephyra stage 179 



List of Hauls with Indeterminable Specimens 180 



Explanation of Plato 1^*^ 



Bibliography ^^^ 



