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The distribution of Arachnactis albida M. Sars in the Celtic Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. G. Corbin  and
N. Kesava Panikkar
P. G. Corbin
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Laboratory, Plymouth
N. Kesava Panikkar
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Laboratory, Plymouth
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The distribution of Arachnactis albida in the Celtic Sea in 1937–9 is described. The species appears, to have a definite centre of distribution in the neighbourhood of lat. 50° N., long. 10° W. The larvae have been taken as far south as lat. 48°, and eastwards up to the mouth of the English Channel, but they are absent from the tongue of low salinity water continuous with the St George's and Bristol Channels. Their distribution in the remaining area can be correlated with the cyclonic circulation.

The larvae obtained from the Celtic Sea are specifically identical with those found off the west coast of Ireland and with the typical A. albida of the Faroe-Hebrides region.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , October 1942 , pp. 509 - 516
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1942

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