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Title: Report upon the fauna of Liverpool Bay and the neighboring seas
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Liverpool Marine Biology Committee Herdman, W. A. (William Abbott), Sir, 1858-1924
Subjects: Marine animals
Publisher: London, Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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rsal pa- pillae. Fig. 1. Dissection of Bendronotus arhorescens, from theleft side x 1^-, showing the caecal processes of theliver running towards the cerata. Fig. 2. Transverse section of the body of Bendronotus inthe region of the second pair of cerata : that onthe right side is cut longitudinally. Drawn fromSwifts 1 in. obj. Fig. 3. Transverse section of one of the third dorsal cerataof Bendronotus. Swift, \ in. Fig. 4. Transverse section of one of the dorsal cerata ofEolis. Swift, ^ in. Fig. 5. Longitudinal section of the extremity of one ofthe dorsal cerata of Eolis, showing the opening ofthe cnidophorous sac to the exterior. Swift, J in. Fig. 6. A neighbouring section to the preceding one,showing the communication between the cnido-phorous sac and the hepatic caecum. Swift, \ in. Fig. 7. Diagrammatic transverse section of Bendronotus,showing the relations of the short hepatic caeca tothe ceratal and lateral blood sinuses. Proc. l_-pool Biol. Soc. Vol. III. PL SII. Fi5. 4, o.-l.-.
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Fi£ 2. FiA- 5. -tnes. W.A.H. and J.A.C. deL Fig- 6.NUDIBRANCHIATA. SECOND REPORT upon the TUNICATA of theL.M.B.C. DISTRICT. By W. a. Herdman, D.Sc, F.L.S., F.R S.E., PROFESSOR OF XATVRAL HISTORY IX UXnEESITY COLLEGE, LIVERPOOL. With Plate XIII. (Read 10th May, 1889.) Ill the previous report* I recorded forty-seven species,seven of which were new to British seas and two new toscience; and this long list appears to have nearly exhaustedthe Tunicate fauna of the district, since, although a largenumber of specimens have been collected during the lastthree years, I am only able now to add four species to therecord. Of these, however, two are of great interest:—the one is a Molgula new to science, obtained during theWeathercock expedition of 1886; while the second,Molgula citrlna, is a species which was described in 1848by Alder and Hancock, and has not since been heard of.I have found it on the shore at Puftiii Island, and at twoor three other localities. - The successive cruises of the

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