MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN 



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Funiculina, the largest of which measured nearly four 

 feet in length. The bed must be of considerable extent, 

 as the hauls were not on the same spot, and both 

 brought up equally good specimens of these magnificent 

 pennatulids. Most of the large specimens of Funiculina, 



I-'k,. 21. Examining the Catch on deck. 



by the way, were nol caughi in the trawl-net, but were 

 balanced across the trout of the frame, at each end, in 

 such a precarious position as to make one wonder bow 

 many others had been lost in hauling in. The bottom 



deposit was evident l\ line mud." 



