scholarly journals Notes on some Amphipoda from the North Side of the Bay of Biscay. Families Pleustidie and Eusitridae

2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 848-879
Author(s):  
E. W. Sexton
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E. W. Sexton

The Amphipoda dealt with in this paper were collected in August, 1906, by Dr. Allen, to whom I am indebted for the opportunity of examining them.The collection contained thirty-five species (belonging to twenty families), of which one only, Tryphosites alleni, is new to science. Five others, Stenothoe richardi, Syrrhoites walkeri, Syrrhoe affinis, Eusirus biscayensis, and Rhachotropis rostrata, are recorded for the first time since their original discovery. The geographical range of five species has been considerably extended, viz. Syrrhoe affinis, Tmetonyx similis, Sympleustes glaber, Epimeria parasitica, and Laetmatophihis tuberculatus; the four last forms have not been hitherto recorded with certainty south of Norway.


Author(s):  
Alexander Reynell
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Of the three species of Brachiopoda found, two, Magellania cranium and M. septigera, are found in the British list. The third species, Mühlfeldtia truncata, has not, as far as I can discover, previously been recorded from so high a latitude, Turton's Torbay locality being very doubtful.


Author(s):  
L. W Byrne

Only one species met with on this cruise appears to have been previously undescribed.Although all the other species were already known from similar localities in the North-east Atlantic, attention may be called to an interesting series of the young of Synaphobranchus pinnatus and to the capture of numerous young examples of Onus biscayensis.When compared with the results of the hauls taken by H.M.S. Research, a little farther south and over very much deeper soundings, the list of species taken by the Huxley is chiefly remarkable for the entire absence of Stomias boa, Gonostoma microdon, and G. bathyphilum, the range of none of which seems to extend into waters as shallow as those fished by the Huxley.


Author(s):  
W. M. Tattersall

I am indebted to the courtesy of Dr. Allen for the opportunity of examining the collections of these two orders of Crustacea in the Huxley's material.None of the species are new to science, and but few of them present any features worthy of remark. The chief interest of the collection lies in its bearing on the known geographical distribution of the species captured for, out of a total of twenty-eight, no fewer than sixteen are recorded for the first time from localities south of the British Islands, while only eight of the species have previously been recorded from the Bay of Biscay. The bathymetrical range of five of the species recorded has been considerably increased by this material.


Author(s):  
Sydney J. Hickson

The principal feature of interest in these collections is the presence of a single fine specimen of Corallium maderense. Only one other specimen of this species has hitherto been obtained, and no specimen of the family has hitherto been recorded from the Bay of Biscay


Author(s):  
Edward T. Browne

The Hydroids collected on the northern edge of the Bay of Biscay during a five days” cruise in August, 1906, by Dr. E. J. Allen, were entrusted to me for examination. I thank my friend Dr. Allen for giving me the opportunity of working through the collection, which contained thirty-seven species, including two new species (Bimeria arborea and Bimeria biscayana) and several rare deep-sea forms.Our knowledge of the area occupied by the British Hydroids has been increased by this cruise. All the species taken at six out of the eight stations have been previously recorded for the British area. It was only at the two stations over 400 fathoms that foreign species occurred. Bathymetrical distribution has also made an advance, as several species were taken at a depth considerably greater than that hitherto recorded for them.


Author(s):  
Stanley Kemp
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The collection of Decapoda made by the Huxley during her short cruise on the north side of the Bay of Biscay is an extensive one; it comprises no less than forty-nine species—a number which speaks well for the efficiency of the gear employed.


Author(s):  
Alexander Reynell

THIS paper deals with the Mollusca collected on the cruise of the s.s. Huxley to the north side of the Bay of Biscay in August, 1906, with the exception of the Cephalopoda, which are being worked out by Dr. W. E. Hoyle. The collection, though small, taking into account the area over which dredgings were taken, contains a fair number of interesting species. Though there is nothing new, there are several species represented which one would not expect to find in such high latitudes, and their discovery adds somewhat to our, as yet, slight knowledge of the fauna of the deeper seas and its distribution.


2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-118
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER LOWE ◽  
ANN MacSWEEN ◽  
KATHLEEN McSWEENEY
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A collared urn was found during the course of a watching-brief on the raised beach on the north side of Oban bay. Post-excavation analysis has succeeded in throwing some further light on the chronology of this type of urn and possibly on some elements of the funerary ritual associated with its burial. The same watching-brief also revealed the site of a truncated pit of medieval date, filled with fire-cracked stones.


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