Clare Island Survey — Schizopoda, elc. 41 3 



Eudorella truncatula (Spence Bate;. — Taken three times in Bofin Harbour 



and three times in Fahy Bay, Ballynakill Harbour. Clew Bay, 1-5 fms., 



common. Blacksod Bay, 5 fms., two specimens. 

 Cumella pygmaea, G. 0. Sars. — Generally distributed throughout the area, both 



in the harbours and sheltered bays, and in the open seas down to 45 fms. 

 Nannastacus unguiculatus, Spence Bate. — Very abundant in the sheltered 



bays and harbours of the district, but also found in the open seas round 



Clare Island and Inishturk. Blacksod Bay, one specimen. 

 N. brevicaudatus, Caiman. — The types and only known specimens were found 



in Ballynakill Harbour. 

 Pseudocuma longicornis (Spence Bate). — The most abundant species of 



Cumacea in the area, and generally distributed. Often taken in large 



numbers in tow-nettings made at night. 

 P. similis, G. 0. Sars. — Bonn Harbour ; one specimen. 1| miles N.W. by W. 



of Inishturk, one specimen. Between Clare I. and Achillbeg, one 



specimen. 

 Diastylis rugosa, G. 0. Sars. — From Ballynakill Harbour, on five occasions. 



Blacksod Bay, one specimen. 

 D. rostrata (Goodsir). — Twice taken in Ballynakill Harbour. Clew Bay, 



5-10 fms., two specimens. Blacksod Bay, 3-9 fms., common. 5 mi. 



S.S.E. of Clare I. light, 17 fms., four specimens. 

 D. spinosa, Norman. — 2 \ miles S.E. of Clare I. light, 18 fms., one male. 3£ 



miles S.S.W. of Mulranny pier, Clew Bay, 15 fms., one female. Blacksod 



Bay, 9 fms., two males. New to the district. 



EUPHAUSIACEA. 



Meganyctiphanes norvegica (il. Sars). — M. norvegica is very frequently taken 

 in tow-nettings in the open seas of the Clare Island marine area, but is 

 seldom found in any of the harbours in that area. It may, however, be 

 driven in during gales, and even cast up on the beach. It forms the 

 main food of mackerel, herring, salmon, and trout in the springtime, and, 

 judging from the contents of the stomachs of these fishes examined at 

 that period of the year, this Euphausian must be enormously abundant at 

 certain seasons. The contents of the stomach of a whale captured at 

 Inishkea in the spring of 1900 were found to consist entirely of this 

 species. 



Nyctiphanes couchi (Bell). — A smaller form than 31. norvegica, iV. couchi is 

 usually found associated with this species in the open seas round Clare 

 Island and district, and appears to be equally abundant. Considered 



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