Clare Island Survey — Amphiporfa. 42 19 



Family COROPHIIDAE. 

 Erichthonius brasiliensis (Dana). 



Blacksod Bay, shallow water, common. Inishgowla Harbour. Clew Bay, 

 one. Bofin Harbour, ten. Ballinakill Harbour, on six occasions. 



Previous Irish Records : —Belfast Lough (Kinahan) ; Valeutia (Walker) ; 

 Ardbear Bay (Brady and Bobertson). 



Distribution : — North Atlantic and adjoining seas from Norway to the 

 Mediterranean, N.E. coast of America, Brazil, California. 



Siphonoecetes colletti Boeck. 



One mile E. of Blacksod light, 8-9 faths., one. Seas between Clare 

 Island and Westport, 5-20 faths., common. Bofin Harbour, one. 



New to the district. 



Previous Irish Records: — Dalkey (Walker). 



Distribution : — North Atlantic and North Sea from Norway to the British 

 Isles, north-east coast of America. 



Corophium volutator (Pallas) 



Muddy flats at Bossadillisk, five. 



Previous Irish Records : — Several localities in which muddy tidal flats 

 occur round the coasts. 



Distribution : — North Atlantic from Norway to the Mediterranean. 



Corophium crassicorne Bruzelius. 



Fairy Bay, Ballinakill Harbour, six. Bofin Harbour, twenty-one. 



Previous Irish Records : — Ardbear Bay (Brady and Bobertson) ; Killybegs 

 (Walker). 



Distribution: — Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic and adjoining seas from 

 Norway to the Mediterranean. 



Corophium bonelli (Milne-Edwards). 



Very common throughout the area, especially in tow-nets taken at night. 

 A much more abundant species than the last. 

 New to the district. 



Previous Irish Records : — Valentia (Walker) and Kingstown (Tattersall). 

 Distribution :— North Atlantic and adjoining seas from Norway to France. 



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