(A summary of) the Total Living Fauna of Suffolk

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THE TOTAL LIVING FAUNA OF SUFFOLK.

THE TOTAL LIVING FAUNA OF SUFFOLK. BY

CLAUDE M O R L E Y ,

F.E.S.,

F.G.S.,

F.Z.S.

Phylum i. : PROTOZOA. Class INFUSORIA. Family Noctilucidae. Noctiluca scintülans, Mac. (miliaris).—In Deben at Ramsholt ; Harwich harbour (Trans. SNS. i, 7 ; ii, 78 & 282 ; Vict. Hist.). Class M A S T I G O P H O R A . Subclass D I N O F L A G F L L A T A . Family Peridinidae. Peridinium sp. f The Orwell River is occasionally characterised Ceratium sp. 1 bv a large number of these small genera ; they multiplv to so remarkable a degree in Ipswich dock, tlie only localitv in which I have seen anvthing of the kind, as to alter the colour of the water (Vict. Hist. i, 1911, p. 89). Class RHIZOFODA. Order AMCEBINA. Family Amcebidae. Ameeba proteus, Leid.—Fritton Blocker Lane and Lake (Trans. n, p. xxxix ; iv. p. Ixx). Order F O R A M I N I F E R A . [No later work seems yet to have supplemented " The Foraminifera of Tidal Rivers " bv G. S. Brady, C.M.Z.S. & David Robertson, F.G.S. (Annais & Mag. Natural History ser. 4 vol. vi, Oct. 1870, pp. 273-309, with folding Table & pll. iv-xii), whose obsolete nomenclature is here reproduced to avoid error : we are interested, not in synonymy, solelv in number of species. Omitted in Vict. Hist. Suffolk, 1911]. Biloculina ringens, Lam.—' Common at any part of our coast (p. 284). Biloculina elongata, Orb.—Yarmouth, rare. Triloculina trigonula, Lam.—Breydon Water, rare Triloculina oblonga, M o n t - Y a r m o u t h & Breydon Water, frequent. Quinqueloculina seminulum, L.—' One of the commonest (p. 285). Quinqueloculina subrotimda, Mont.—Yarmouth, frequent. Quinqueloculina secans, Orb.—Breydon Water, frequent. Quinqueloculina fusca, Brad. sp. nov.—Yarmouth rare. Trochammina inflata, Mont.-Yarmouth & Breydon Water, common. Lituola Canariensis, Orb.—Breydon Water, common. Lagena sulcata, W . - J . - O u l t o n Broad, Yarmouth, Breydon Water, common. Lagena laevis, M o n t . - Y a r m o u t h & Breydon Warter, common. Ladern gracilima, Seg.—Breydon Water, rare. Lagern globosa, M o n t . - O u l t o n Broad & Yarmouth, common. Lagena semistriata, Will.—Breydon Water, rare. Lagena squamosa, Mont.-Yarmouth, rare. Lagena Meto, Orb.—Breydon Water, rare. Dentalina communis, Orb.—' Common everywhere on our coast (v. 295).


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