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REPORT — 1895. 



Califfus, sp. 

 Fliist ra foliacea 

 Aphrodite aculeata 

 IPectinaria bclgica 

 Nereis, sp. 

 Aster i as ruhens 



Hydractiiiia eddnata 

 Sertularia ahietbia 

 Hydrallmania falcata 

 Aurelia aurita 

 Ci/ancea, sp. 



These numbers have been exceeded on many other liauls in the 

 ordinary course of work by the Fisheries steamer in Liverpool Bay. For 

 example, on this occasion the tish numbered 5,943, and I have records of 

 hauls in which the fish numbered over 20,000. The shrimps probably 

 number as many again, and if the starfishes and other abundant inverte- 

 brates are added the total must sometimes reach such enormous numbers 

 as from 45,000 to 50,000 specimens in a single haul of the trawl in shallow- 

 water, not including microscopic forms. Can any of Dr. Murray's hauls 

 on the deep mud beat these figures ? 



On the next occasion, when on board the ' John Fell,' on our own 

 expedition of August 3, two members of this committee (A. O. Walker 

 and W. A. Herdman) identified the species brought up in the first haul 

 of the trawl (5-inch mesh), taken in Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, at a depth 

 of 4-7 fathoms. They wei-e 78 species, belonging to 67 genera, as follows : — 



Solea indgaris 

 S. hitea 



Plem'onectes platessa 

 P. limanda 

 P. Jfesus 

 Cfadus morrhua 

 G. cBglefiims 

 G. merlangus 

 Callionymus lyra 

 Raia maculata 

 Fiisus antiquus 

 Bucdnum undatum 

 Natica Alderi 

 Pleurotoma, sp. 

 Philine, sp. 

 Eolis, sp. 



Polycera qiiadrilineata, 

 Corhula gihba 

 Mactra stultorum, 

 Scrobioularia alba 

 Portunus depvrator 

 Corystes cassivelaunns 

 Hyas coarctatus 

 Sienorhynchus phalangium 

 EujHigurus Bernhardus 

 Cravgon vulgaris 

 PseudoGuma cercarea 

 Biastylis Rathlcei 

 D. sjntwsa 

 Bal-anus balanoides 

 Paraty lus Swamvi erdavi mii 

 Harpinia neglecta 

 Ampelisca IcBingata 

 Monoculodes longimanus 

 AmpMlocJms melanops 

 Pariambus typicus 

 Achelia ecJiinata 

 Aphrodite aculeata 

 Nereis, sp. 



Terebella, sp. 

 (.0 SylUs, sp. 

 Serpiila. sp. 

 iSpirorbin, sp. 

 Cellar ia Jistulosa 

 Flustra foliacea 

 Eucratea chelata 

 Scrupocellaria reptans 

 Buffula, sp. 

 Cellepora jmmicosa 

 C. avicularis 

 Porella compressa 

 Mucronella PeacMi 

 Memhranipora membranacea 

 M. pilosa 



Alcyonidium. ffelatinosum 

 Vesicidaria spinosa 

 Gemellaria loricata 

 Liclieiiopora hispida 

 Crisia ehurnca 

 C. cornuta 

 Idmonea serpens 

 Aiterias rubcns 

 Amphiura sqiiamata 

 OpMoglypha albida 

 Tealia orassicornis 

 Alcyoiiiu m dig it at u m 

 Clyiia Johnstoni' 

 Lafoea dumosa 

 Hydrallmania falcata 

 Haleoiuni haleeinum 

 A ntenmilaria ramosa 

 Coppinia arrta 

 Sertvlarella polyeonias 

 Sertularia abietina 

 iS. argentea 

 Biphasia rosacea 

 B. tamarisca 

 Tuhilaria indivisa 



