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Section III.— CYCLOPOIDA 

 Fam. I.— CYCLOPID^ 



OlTHONA SIMILIS ClaUS. 



1866. Oithona similis, Claus, Die Copepoden-Fauna von 



Nizza, p. 14. 

 1878. Oithona spinifrons (Boeck?), Brady (3), vol. i., p. 90, 

 pi. xiv., figs. 1-9, pi. xxiv.A, figs. I, 2. 

 Taken frequently by the tow-net in the open sea, but seldom 

 in any great numbers. N.D. 



Cyclopina littoralis G. S. Brady. 



1872. Cyclopina littoralis, Brady, Nat. Hist. Trans. North- 

 umberland and Durham, vol. iv., p. 429, pi. xvii., 

 figs. 9-14. 

 1878. Cyclopina littoralis, Brady (3), vol. i., p. 92, pi. xv., 

 figs. 1-9. 

 This is a rather rare species, occurring chiefly among weeds 

 between tidemarks, but also in dredgings from various depths 

 up to 45 fathoms. We have taken it in tidal pools at 

 Alnmouth, Whitley, and Ryhope, as well as in several 

 dredgings off the coast (G. S. B.) N.D. 



Cyclopina gracilis Claus. 



1863. Cyclopina gracilis, Claus (2), p. 104, pi. x., figs. 9-15. 

 1878. Cyclopina gracilis, Brady (3), vol. i., p. 93, pi. xxiv.B, 



figs. 1-9, pi. xci., figs. 10, II. 



1906. Cyclopina gracilis, Brady, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. 



Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 



new series, vol. i., part 3, pi. x., fig. 13. 



Several specimens of C. gracilis were found in a gathering 



from a salt-water pond at Amble in December, 1905. N. 



Cyclopina (?) ovalis G. S. Brady. 



1880. Cyclopina (f) ovalis, Brady (3), vol. ii., p. 181 (wood- 

 cut). 

 To the original description based upon a single imperfect 

 specimen we are able to add nothing. It was taken in the 

 surface net off Sunderland (G. S. B.) D. 



