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Habitat. — Blacksod Bay — Found once on the shore. Dredged on 2 

 occasions, in 4|-5| fms. Clew Bay — Dredged in Laminaria 

 roots from 13-16|- fms. 



Distribution. — Scotland ; north of France. 



Nicolea venustula (Montagu). 

 1894. Nicolea venustula. De Saint-Joseph, p. 207. 



All the specimens of Nicolea from the Glare Island district, whether from 

 between tide-marks, or dredged in 25 fms., agree with the species described 

 by Marenzeller and de Saint-Joseph in having two pairs of gills and capillar} 7 

 setae on 17 segments. The form zostericola with capillary setae on 15 

 segments was not obtained. 



Mature specimens were found in March and May. 



Habitat. — Blacksod Bay — Found on the shore on 5 occasions. Dredged 



on 3 occasions, in 3-6 fms. Clew Bay — Dredged on 5 



occasions, in 9-26 fms. Ballynakill Haebour — Dredged 



in 6-9 fms. 



Distribution. — British Isles ; France; Mediterranean ; Bed Sea ; ? Arctic; 



? Scandinavia ; ? North Sea. 



Lanice conchilega (Pallas). 

 1894. L. e. de Saint-Joseph, p. 211. 1912. L. c. Wollebaek, p. 1 05. 

 This species is very abundant on the shores of Blacksod Bay. It lives 

 with its tube buried deeply in the sand, the upper end usually projecting 

 between two stones. It is also found occasionally living in clean sand, but 

 more usually in mud, gravel, or the sand of Zostera beds. The empty tubes 

 are very common in the dredge. Young specimens were dredged in May. 

 Habitat. — Blacksod Bay — Found on the shore on 19 occasions. Dredged 

 on 9 occasions in 1-9 fms. Clew Bay — Dredged on 17 

 occasions, usually only empty tubes, in 5-22 fms. Bally- 

 nakill Hakboue — Found on the shore on 4 occasions. 

 Distribution.— British Isles; France; Scandinavia ; North Sea; Madeira; 

 Mediterranean. 



Pista cristata (0. F. Miiller). 

 1865. Pista cristata. Malmgren, p. 382. 1912. P. c. Wollebaek, p. 99. 

 This species was rare in the district, only a single specimen having been 

 dredged in Inishlyre Harbour, on a muddy bottom. It had four unequal gills. 

 Habitat. — Cleav Bay— Dredged in 4 fms., in Inishlyre Harbour. 

 Distribution. — Shetlands ; France ; Iceland ; Scandinavia ; Spitsbergen ; 

 Nova Zembla; White Sea ; east North America ; Mediterranean. 



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