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Habitat. — Blacksod Bay — Found once on the shore. Dredged on 8 



occasions in 1-4.1 fins. Clew Bay — Dredged in Killary 



Harbour, in 7 fins. ; in Inishlyre Harbour on 5 occasions, in 



4-5 fins. Ballynakill Harbour — Found on the shore on 3 



occasions. Dredged on 2 occasions in 1-4 fms. 



Distribution. — Great Britain; Arctic; Scandinavia; Siberia ; Adriatic ; 



east coast of North America ; Magellan Straits ; Kerguelen ; east of Bouvet 



Islands. 



Trichobranchus glacialis Malmgren. 



1894. Trichobranchus glacialis. De Saint-Joseph, p. 244. 1912. T. g. 

 Wollebaek, p. 79. 



This species is comparatively rare in the district. It is generally found 

 on a muddy bottom. 



Habitat. — Clew Bay — Dredged in Inishlyre Harbour, in 5 fms. ; in 

 Killary Harbour in 8 fms. Ballynakill Harbour — 

 Dredged on 4 occasions, in 1-8 fms. 

 Distribution. — Scotland ; Arctic ; Scandinavia ; North Sea ; France ; 

 Madeira ; Canaries ; Mediterranean ; eastern North America. 



Family AMPHAKETIDAE. 

 Ampharete Grubei, Malmgren. 



1865. Ampharete Grubei. Malmgren, p. 363. 1897. Ampharete Grubei. 

 Fauvel, p. 13. 



Mature specimens of this species were found in May. 



Habitat. — Blacksod Bay — Dredged on 6 occasions, in 2-6 fms. Clew 

 Bay — Dredged on 4 occasions, in 5 J-17 fms. 



Distribution. — British Isles (Dublin Bay, Isle of Man) ; France ; Arctic ; 

 Scandinavia ; North Sea ; eastern North America. 



Family AMPHICTENIDAE. 



Pectinaria auricoma (Midler). 



1865. Amphictene auricoma. Malmgren, p. 357. 



This species usually lives in sand. It was also found in fine gravel, and in 

 the sand of Zostera beds. 



Habitat. — Blacksod Bay — Found twice on the shore. Dredged in 



7-8 fms. Clew Bay — Dredged on 11 occasions, in 4-22 fms., 



usually on a sandy bottom. 

 Distribution. — British Isles ; Scandinavia; North Sea ; Mediterranean. 



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