ZOOLOGY 



MARINE ZOOLOGY 



UPON inquiring into the subject of the marine zoology of the 

 Sussex coast, one is struck with the fact how few systematic and 

 published records exist on that subject. 



Natural history societies, more or less organized, appear 

 to have done very little hitherto in recording and publishing the local 

 fauna and flora, and it has devolved upon individuals with sufficient 

 enthusiasm and love of the subject to undertake the task. In the case of 

 the Hastings district, however, one is fortunate in finding a good and 

 solid foundation laid for future investigators in 'The Natural History of 

 Hastings and St. Leonards and the Vicinity, with its three supplements issued 

 at various periods, edited by the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, M.A., F.E.S., 

 rector of GuestHng, and Mr. E. A. Butler, B.A., B.Sc. The former 

 gentleman kindly affords the information that Mr. Butler edited the 

 fauna of the original number and of the first supplement, and that the 

 two later supplements were edited by himself. 



As regards the individual workers in the domain of marine zoology 

 who have supplied the data upon which the publication was to some 

 extent founded, may be mentioned the late Dr. Bowerbank, who, as is 

 well known, worked out the sponges, a great proportion of which were 

 obtained from the Diamond Ground off Hastings. The list of sponges 

 in the original number of the Hastings Natural History was apparently 

 compiled by the Rev. Mr. Bloomfield from Bowerbank's Monographs of 

 the British Spongiadce, and afterwards revised by Bowerbank shortly before 

 his death. 



Of the Hydrozoa, Mr. Tumanowicz appears to have left a legacy 

 from Hastings past and present, and Miss Jelly and Mr. R. Hope, F.Z.S., 

 apparently amplified the list in the original number, the latter also con- 

 tributing to the second supplement. 



For the Vermes Mr. Butler appears to be mainly responsible. The 

 Polyzoa of the original list and most of the first supplement are attribut- 

 able to Miss Jelly, and those of the later supplement, in the main, to 

 Mr. R. Hope. In the sphere of the Mollusca Mr. A. H. Langdon con- 

 tributes the list in the original number and in the first and second sup- 

 plements. 



In the ensuing lists of marine animals which appear in this paper, 

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