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#17-63 Two dredge hauls made on rocky bottom, 33+4l fins, returned a variety 
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of invertebrates, perhaps the greatest variety seen so far: Sponges, hy- 
droids, and another type of coelenterate polyp that I cannot at the mo¬ 
ment readily place, bryozoans (moss animals), ophiurans holothurians, 
clams, 2 caprellid amphipods - elusive creatures - the only two recovered 
from any of our dredgings, and ascidians again. Palmerland waters, if not 
the rest of Antarctic, is certainly sea-squirt heaven. I have collected 
many over the years but never so many different kinds, so structurally 
different (external appearance) on any previous cruise. 
#20-63 Of two sets of the fish traps, the first off the Chilean Base we got 
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nothing but a "mess", a 100 or more nemertean worms and several different 
species of amphipods. A large jelly fish and a otenophore, "comb-jelly" 
were picked-up drifting by in the tidal current. 
With the dip net a lot of algae and amphipods, a large red species 
( Paradeymine? ) were captured. These could well furnish ample meals for 
■many penguins. I get the idea from the penguin behavior here. As we 
were working along this stretch of shore several penguins were seen ac¬ 
tively diving, duck fashion, heads down, tail up, and when their heads 
came up above water again, working their bills as though they were eating 
something that either tasted good, or was satisfying. After a number of 
such dips, these birds, 3 or 4 of them, headed out to sea. I did want to 
have a look into those particular penguin stomachs to verify my suspicion 
that this omnipresent and abundant food material formed an important part 
of the penguin dietary. If the amphipods are as abundant elsewhere as 
in the red seaweeds here, they must play a far more important role in the 
