A HISTORY OF CORNWALL 



4. Cucumaria hyndmanni, Thompson. Occ. specs. Rame- 

 Eddystone and Looe-Eddystone Gnds. (M.B. A.), 

 off the Dodman ; one spec, off Helford river ! 



J. C. normani, S. Pace. N. unc. in crevices and 21. 

 under stones on rocky ground about Plymouth 

 1. w. to 10 fm. (M.B.A.) ; Polperro, and 

 locally in Falmouth B. down to 25 fm. ! 



6. C. saxlcola, Brady & Robertson (C. ptntactes, 



Mull.). F. c. along S. coast under stones be- 

 tween t-m., in crevices of rock at 1. w. and in 

 trawl refuse ; occ. Scilly! 



7. C. lactea, Forbes & Goodsir. Occ. Falmouth B. 



and Mount's B. 



8. C. frondosa, Gunner. One spec, off the Dodman 



(Dunn) ; one from Plymouth (B.M.). 



9. Thyonefusui, O. F. Mall. Occ. specs. Cawsand B. 



and in 1 5 to 3 5 fm. on gnds. outside Plymouth S. 

 (M.B.A.) ; at times in Falmouth B. chiefly after 

 storms, and twice, 1. s. t. Scilly 



10. Psolus phantopus, Linn. N. unc. in trawl refuse 



at Falmouth (Cocks) 2 _ 



11. Phyllophortis drummondi, Thompson. Occ. Fal- 



mouth 



12. Holothuria nigra, Gray. Occ. specs. Queen's Gnd. 2 g_ 



Plymouth, off Penlee, on clean shell gravel, 

 Eddystone Gnds., Whitsand B. (M.B.A.) ; in 

 20 fm. off Polperro (B.M.) ; off Gyllyngvase, ^9- 

 Falmouth; f.c. Mount's B. 5 to 20 fm.; n. unc. 

 Scilly! near Newquay! 5 O> 



13. Antedon biftda, Pennant. Known in Cornwall 



200 years ago, as Llwyd sent specs, from Pen- 

 zance to Link of Leipzig when the latter was 31. 

 engaged on his magnificent folio ; Plymouth 

 district, v. abund. in certain small areas, but 

 practically limited to these (M.B.A.) ; locally 

 abund. Porthscatho 1 5 to 20 fm. in great var. of 

 colour! n. unc. Falmouth, deep water and 

 extreme l.w-m. (Cocks) ; c. locally Mount's B.; 

 at Scilly frequent between t-m. in 1903 and 

 infested with Myzostoma \ 



[Pontaster tenuispinls, Dub. & Kor. Obtained by 

 the Porcupine SW. of Scilly in 305 fm. (B.M.)] 



14. Astropecten irregularis, Pennant. C. along the S. 3 2 - 



coast in 10 to 35 fm. on fine clean sand ; St. 

 Ives B., Newquay, Padstow and occ. at Scilly! 



15. Luidia ciliarts, Philippi. F. c. between t-m. to 



deep water, Polperro to Mount's B. 33- 



1 6. L. sarsii, Dtlben & Koren. Eddystone Gnds. 



(M.B.A.) ; off Gorran Haven ! one spec. 

 Helford river! 34- 



17. Hippasterias pbrygiana, Parelius. N. unc. in trawl 



refuse at Falmouth (Cocks) 



1 8. Porania pulvlllus, O. F. Mall. Occ. at about 



3 m. S. of Plymouth Breakwater, and on Eddy- 

 stone Gnds. (M.B.A.) ; r. in trawl refuse at 

 Falmouth (Cocks) ; n. unc. deep water 

 Mount's B. (Tregelles) 



19. Asterina gibbosa, Pennant. C. rock- pools along 



S. coast ; Scilly, on Annett, St. Martin's and 

 Forth Cressa B., St. Mary's ! near Newquay ! 



20. Palmipes placenta, Pennant. F. c. in places along 



S. coast in 15 to 30 fm.; Eddystone and Rame- 



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Eddystone Gnds., f. c. about 3 m. S. of the 

 breakwater (M.B.A.) ; Gorran Haven, Fal- 

 mouth B. and Mount's B. 



Stichaster roseus, Mull. In deep water off the 

 Dodman ! n. unc. in trawl refuse, Falmouth 

 (Cocks) 



Solaster papposus, Fab. F.c. 10 fm. downwards 

 along S. coast ; occ. 1. s. t. ; Scilly 



S. endeca, Linn. Occ. deep water ; off the 

 Dodman ! Falmouth B. (Cocks) 



Henricia sanguinoknta, O. F. Mull. N. unc. 

 locally, 1. s. t. downwards ; Eddystone Gnds. 

 (M.B.A.) ; off the Dodman ! Falmouth B. ; 

 Mount's B. ; W. of Menavawr, Scilly ! 



Astenas glacialis, Linn. C. along S. coast and 

 locally at Scilly, l.w-m. to 40 fm. or more ; Per- 

 ranporth, Newquay, Padstow ! 



A. rubens, Linm. Occ. in pools between t-m. 

 and gen. c. in deep water round coast and at 

 Scilly 



A. hispida, Pennant. Two specs, in trawl refuse 

 at Falmouth (Cocks), and one at Mevagissey 

 (Mathias Dunn) 



Op/iiura citiaris, Linn. C. in deep water along 

 S. coast, Plymouth to Mount's B. 



O. albida, Forbes. Gen. along S., often found 

 with O. ciliarts in 5 to 20 fm. 



Opkiocnida brachiata, Mont. C. on a Zostera bed 

 in Plymouth S. (M.B.A.) ; Falmouth ; Hel- 

 ford ! 



Amphiura cAiajii, Forbes. Two specs, from Ply- 

 mouth district (M.B.A.) ; very local Falmouth 

 B. ! 'When dredging off Penlee Pt., Penzancc, 

 a mass of writhing miniature snakes came up, 

 completely entangled and as big as two fists. 

 These were detached arms of A. chiajii 

 with not a single disc among them . . . 

 Though the fine sand betwixt St. Michael's 

 Mount and Mousehole Island teems with un- 

 attached arms, whole specimens are very rare.' 

 (Tregelles) 



A.jiliformis, Mall. One spec, z m. WSW. of 

 Eddystone (M.B.A.) ; v. scarce Falmouth 

 Harb. and B.; a single arm Mount's B. 

 (Tregelles) 



A. elegans, Leach. C. and in places abund. 

 under stones, in rock-pools, and among coral- 

 lines from Plymouth to Mount's B. 



Ophiactis balli, Thompson. C. but local along 

 the S. coast and at Scilly in rock crevices, under 

 stones, on roots of algae, shells, F/ustra, tubes 

 of Chaetopterus and egg cases of Fusui and 

 Buccinum ; occ. in rock-pools but gen. 1. s. t. to 

 40 fm. ; Newquay ! 



Opheopholis acukafa, L. Recorded by Cocks as 

 n. unc. in trawl refuse, Falmouth 



Ophiocoma nigra, Mull. Gen. dist. in Plymouth 

 district where its numbers vary greatly accord- 

 ing to locality (M.B.A.) ; Polperro ! Meva- 

 gissey in trawl refuse ! very irregularly dist. 

 but not unc. in Falmouth B. ! one small spec. 

 Mount's B. (Tregelles) 





