174 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



Caprellidea. 

 Family Caprellida 



Genus (81) Phtisica, Slabber, 1749. 



139. Phtisica marina, Slabber. 



1749. Phtisica marina, Slabber, Natuurkundige verslustigingen, 



etc., p. 79. 

 1814. Proto pedata, Leach, Edin. Encyclop., vol. vii. p. 433. 



Habitat. — Newhaven, on fishermen's lines, not uncommon 

 (Henderson). Dredged in South Bay in 1888 ; and sub- 

 sequently at other parts of the estuary ; and also obtained in 

 the stomachs of small fishes captured in the Forth. 



Genus (82) Protella, Dana, 1852. 



140. Protella phasma (Montagu). 



1804. Cancer phasma, Mont., Trans. Linn. Soc. , vol. vii. p. 66, 



pi. vi. fig. 3. 

 1868. Protella phasma, Bate and Westw., Sessile-eyed Crust., 



vol. ii. p. 45. 



Habitat. — Firth of Forth (Goodsir). Dredged in South 

 Bay in 1888, and again in 1892 ; and at Station III. on 23rd 

 May 1901. 



Genus (83) Pariambus, Stebbing, 1888. 



141. Pariambus typicus (Kroyer). 



1844. Podalirius typicus, Kroyer, Naturh. Tidsskr. 2 E. , 1 B. 



p. 283. 

 1868. Caprella typica, Bate and Westw., op. cit., vol. ii. p. 75. 



Habitat. — Firth of Forth, frequent on the common starfish 

 Asterias rubens, with which it appears to be associated. 



Genus (84) Caprella, Lamarck, 1818. 



142. Caprella linearis (Linne). 



1767. Cancer linearis, Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. xii., vol. ii. p. 1056. 

 1842. Caprella lazvis, Goodsir, Edin. New Phil. Jour., vol. xxxiii. 

 p. 189, pi. iii. tig. 4. 



Habitat. — " Plentiful in the laminarian zone " (Henderson). 



