1903.] ON THE PLANKTON OF THE FAEROE CHANNEL, 117 
8. Contributions to our Knowledge of the Plankton of the 
Faeroe Channel.—No. VIII." By G. Herserr Fow er, 
BoA Phe De ok: Zea: 
[Received December 20, 1902.] 
(Text-figures 13-17.) 
The present paper contains notes (in some eases due to the 
valued help of friends) on Beroé, Arachnactis, Podon, the Ostracoda, 
the Copepoda, the Amphipoda, and the Schizopoda, captured by 
H.M.S. ‘ Research’ in 1896 and 1897 in the Faeroe Channel. 
CTENOPHORA. 
Brro# cucumis Fabricius. 
This species, characteristic of cold Arctic currents *, was taken in 
the following hauls :— 
16 @iu., 300 to 170 fathoms, seven specimens. 
13 e, 400 to ¢ fathoms, one fragment. 
20 d, 500 to 400 fathoms, one specimen. 
Most specimens showed the characteristic brick-red or vose tint, 
and though much battered and in some cases inverted, were 
referable with a fair amount of certainty to this species. 
ANTHOZOA. 
ARACTIINACTIS ALBIDA M. Sars. 
‘Some information as to the developmental succession of the 
mesenteries in this form was given in No. III. of this series. 
Since its. publication, IT am glad to say that it has been substanti- 
ally corroborated by Prof. van Beneden °. 
He agrees with my suggestion to separate the Channel and 
North Sea Arachnactis from albida of the Faeroe Channel, and 
describes it under the name of loydii, under the idea, which is 
probable, but at present unproved, that it will be shown eventu- 
ally to be the larva of Cereanthus Uoydii. Till this has been 
proved, I venture to think it better to retain my provisional name 
of bowrnet for this form. 
The occurrences of A. albida are shown in the table (p. 118): 
it occurred in over 61 per cent. of epiplankton hauls, never in a 
mesoplankton haul, and may fairly be taken to be a purely 
epiplankton form. It was present in considerable quantity, as 
many as 50 specimens having been taken in one haul. 
1 The references to previous papers in the Society’s Proceedings are :—No. I., 1896, 
p- 991; No. II., 1897, p. 523; No. IIT., 1897, p. 803; No. LV., 1898, p.540; No. V., 
1898, p. 550; No. VI., 1898, p. 567; No. VIL., 1898, p. 1016. I regret that various 
circumstances, mostly beyond my control, have caused so great a lapse of time 
between this paper and No. VII. 
2 Chun: ‘ Die Ctenophoren der Plankton-Expedition,’ p. 26. 
3 Van Beneden: ‘ Anthozoaires de la Plankton-Expédition? 
