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A Scottish Occurrence of Craspedacusta sowerbii, Lankester

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MAY I record what is, I believe, the first Scottish occurrence of the trachyline Craspedacusta sowerbii, which was proved by Payne1 and confirmed later by Flower and Boulenger2 to be synonymous with Microhydra ryderi, Potts.

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  1. J. Morph., 38, 387; 1924.

  2. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1005; 1928.

  3. Quart. J. Micro. Sci., 50, 623; 1906.

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VAN SOMEREN, V. A Scottish Occurrence of Craspedacusta sowerbii, Lankester. Nature 132, 315 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132315a0

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