MARINE ZOOLOGY 



FoRAMiNiFERA. — On the Recent Foraminifera of Great Britain, W. C. Williamson, 

 Ray Society ; ' Report on the Foraminifera ' (Challenger Expedition), H. B. 

 Brady. 



Sponges. — Article upon ' Sponges ' in the Encyclopedia Britannica, W. J. Sollas ; 

 A Monograph of the British Spongiada, J. S. Bowerbanlc, Ray Society. 



CcELENTERA. — A History of the British Hydroid Zoophytes, Thomas Hincks ; A History 

 of the British Sea Anemones and Corals, P. H. Gosse ; Die Ctenophoren des Golfes 

 von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Ahschnitte, Dr. Carl Chun. 



Vermes. — A Catalogue of the British Non-parasitic Worms in the Collection of the British 

 Museum, George Johnston. 



PoLYZOA. — A History of the British Marine Polyzoa, Thomas Hincks. 



Echinodermata. — A Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum {Nat. 

 Hist.), F. Jeffrey Bell. 



Mollusca and Tunicata. — A History of the British Mollusca, Forbes and Hanley ; 

 A Monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca, Alder and Hancock, Ray 

 Society ; ' Report on the Tunicata ' {Challenger Expedition), William A. Herd- 

 man. 



General. — A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles, P. H. Gosse. 



A summary of the species detailed in the following lists will be 

 found as follows : — 



Protozoa 7 species 



Porifera 58 „ 



Coelentera 77 „ 



Vermes 31 „ 



Polyzoa 109 „ 



Echinoderma 25 „ 



Brachiopoda i „ 



Mollusca 192 „ 



Tunicata 14 „ 



Total ... 514 „ 



PROTOZOA curved, tapering downwards to an expanded 



disc-like base. The test, more particularly 



RHIZOPODA the distal end, bristles with attached sponge 



Foraminifera spicules, arranged radially ; grains of sand are 



XT • ■ ; Tir 11 also attached. 



1. Noniomna crassuta. Walker. tt j i_ l • i u- 



, •,• 1 , • ■ , Under the above title this species appears 



Shell nautiloid, umbilicated having eight described by Bowerbank among the Porifera 



or nine segments. Colour, a dull crystalline. -^ ^-^ Monograph of British Spongiad^. It has 



Upon corallines, polyzoa, etc. Not uncom- ^j^^^ however been definitely referred to the 



mon. Hastings. Foraminifera (fam. Astrorhizidse). Somewhat 



2. Polystomella crispa, Linnaus.* common. Hastings. 



Not uncommon. Hastings. INFUSORIA 



3. Polystomella umbilicatula. Walker.'' Flagellata 



Common. Hastings. „ »t ■, ■,■ ■ 



^ 7. Noctiluca mt harts. 



4. Rotalina beccarii, Linnaeus.* The phosphorescence of the sea water is 

 Hastings. often due to these minute globular creatures. 



,,.,.,. . , T • They are about the size of a pin's head, and 



5. Miliolina seminulum, Linnasus. -ui-l -ii u ..i, 



. , , emit the lisjht more particularly when the 



Shell ovate, milkwhite, with two segments ^^^^^ is agitated. In countless numbers. 



to a volution ; aperture alternately facing Hastings 



opposite ways. Common upon corallines. ' PORTFFRA 

 Hastings. 



6. Halyphysema tumanowiczii, Bowerbank. CALCISPONGI^ 



A species occurring upon seaweed and I- Leucosolenia {Ascon) botryoides, Bowerbank. 

 corallines. It is somewhat club-shaped, This sponge occurs in little groups upon 



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