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Eudendrium ramosum (Linn.). Tuhdaria ramosa, Linn, 

 i., ii., iii., iy., v., vi. 

 Found all round the Irish coast. 



Eudendrium capillare, Alder. 

 . ii., . iy., y., vi. 



ii. Dublin Bay (Haddon '86). 

 iy. Berehayen (Duerden '97). 



y. Casheen Bay ; Kilkieran Bay; Blacksod Bay (Duerden '97). 

 yi. Off Malin Head, coll. R.D.S. (Duerden '97). 



Eudendrium insigne, Hincks. 

 yi. 



vi. Lough Swilly, 8-12 fms., coll: R.D.S. (Duerden '95). 



Family — Hydride. 



Hydra viridis. Linn. 



Found in a tank in the Botanic Gardens, Glasneyin, Dublin 

 (Mackintosh '78): Sutton, Co. Dublin (F. M. Sellens in the Irish 

 Naturalist, x., 1901): near Crumlin, coll. J. Halbert (Toppin 

 1901): Bandon, Co. Cork, coll. G. J. Allman (Thompson '41). 



Hydra grisea, Linn. Hydra vulgaris, Pallas. Sydra Irunnea, 



Templeton. 



Found in the Lagan Canal, on stems of Potamogeton nutans 

 (Templeton '36) : Zoological Gardens, Dublin (Thompson '56) : 

 Loughlinstown (Toppin 1901) : and in the South of Ireland 

 (Thompson '44a). 



Hydra fusca, Linn. ? Hydra verrucosa, Templeton. 



This species is recorded for Ireland (Allman '44). Thompson ('56) 

 found it occurring plentifully in a pond in the Botanic Gardens, 

 Belfast. It has also been collected at Sutton, county Dublin (F. M. 

 Sellens in the Irish JS'aturalist, x., 1901). 



Templeton ('36) describes a species from a pond at Cranmore, 

 under the name of Hydra verrucosa : Allman considers it to be 

 identical with H fusca. 



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