wme Irish Sponfjcs. 



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Nonrly all tlie s))oii;res in tliis colloction which are new to 

 the British Isles were dredtred in deep water o(f the west and 

 south-west coasts ot' Ireh\nd. 



A report on the collection is in preparation for publication 

 in th(! " Scientific Investigations " of the Irish Fi.siierics 

 Branch. 



List of Species. 



Grade MONAXONELLIDA. 



Suborder Siqmatomon axon ellida. 



Family Haploscleridae. 



Subfamily GEUJiy^. 



Gelliiis tlnf^ellifer, R. ^- D. | Oceanapia robusta {Botcerbanic). 



Subfamily Hexierix.'e. 



IJfnir'ra cinerea (Grant). 



peachi (Boicerbank). 



simulans [Johnston). 



li.-tiilosa {Boirerhank). 



indistincta (Boicerbank). 



Metschnikowia spinispiculum 



(Carter). 

 Halichondria panicea (Pal/as). 



tibrosa (Fristedt). 



Phlceodictyonelongatum ( roywen^) . 



Subfamily Ciulixix.^. 

 Pachyclialina liuibata {Montagu). \ Cbalina oculata {Fallas). 



Subfamily Desjiacellix^. 



Biemna inornata (Boicerbank). 

 Tylodesma annexa (Schmidt). 

 iuformis, sp. n. 



Haraacantha johnsoni (Boicer- 

 bank). 

 falcula (Borcerbank). 



Family Desmacidonidae. 



Subfamily 



Esperiopsis fucoruui (Johnston). 



villosa (Carter). 



incoprnita, sp. n. 



macrosij^ma, sp. n. 



Mjcale a^gagropila (Johnston). 



macilenta (Botcerbank). 



placoide.s (C«r^v), Lundbeck. 



Totalis (Boicerbank). 



fa.scitibula (Top^ent). 



littorali-s (Topsent). 



Rhupliidotheca raavshall-Iialli, 



Kent. 

 Asbestoplumapennatula{'S'c/(WjjV/0- 



Mi 



Cladorhiza abys.sicola, Sarx. 

 Myxilla rosacea (Lieberkiihn). 



incrustans (Johnston). 



fimbriata (Boicerbank). 



Lissodendoryx diversicliela, Lund- 

 beck. 

 lophon nigricans (Boicerbank). 

 lotrochota acauthostylifera, sp. n. 

 Force pia forcipis (Boicerbank). 

 Tlistoderma physa [Sihinidt). 

 IlUtoderniella inirolfi. Lnndheck. 

 ("I'avolla pvnil'i i<'iii-/,r\ 



