. Ascidians from the coasts of Canada [microform]. Sea squirts; Tunicata; Ascidies (Tuniciers); Tuniciers. 1,1. .h} 114 Transactions of the Canadian Institute. [vol. ix land Straits. PhaUusia ceratodes grows in large beds in the bay south of Brandon Rocks and also in a sponge bed near the entrance to the bay. Elsewhere only occasional specimens were obtained. Chelyosomatidae. Chdyosoma productum is occasional at low tide and abundant in deeper water. C. columbianum was found in from 10 to 20 fathoms but was not abundant. CoreUa inflata was growing m numbers near low water mark and C. rugosa in
. Ascidians from the coasts of Canada [microform]. Sea squirts; Tunicata; Ascidies (Tuniciers); Tuniciers. 1,1. .h} 114 Transactions of the Canadian Institute. [vol. ix land Straits. PhaUusia ceratodes grows in large beds in the bay south of Brandon Rocks and also in a sponge bed near the entrance to the bay. Elsewhere only occasional specimens were obtained. Chelyosomatidae. Chdyosoma productum is occasional at low tide and abundant in deeper water. C. columbianum was found in from 10 to 20 fathoms but was not abundant. CoreUa inflata was growing m numbers near low water mark and C. rugosa in deeper water. Caesiridae. Caesira apoploa and C. cooperi were dredged m sand in about 10 fathoms in front of the station. Styelidae. Katatropa vancouvermsis and Cnemidocarpa joannae were abundant at low tide and tlie latter occurred frequenUy in deeper water. Goniocarpa couodes was dredged in small numbers from stony and shelly bottoms and with it was found Styela gibbsii. The latter was very abundant in many places in from 5 to 15 fathoms, sand. Tethyidae. BoUenia viOosa was growing in quantity at low tid "Uid was abundant in the dredgings. Pyvra haustor was found in large masses in from 5 to ao fathomfe. sand and occasionally elsewhere. BolUnta echinata, Tethyum aurantium and T. igafioja were obtained only very rarely and in from 10 to 85 fathoms, stones and shells. The list for this station is as follows:— (i) in quantity. Amaroucium sp. A, Ascidiopsis columbiana, PhaUusia ceratodes, Chdyosoma productum, CoreUa inflata, C. rugosa, Katatropa Vancouverensis, Cnemidocarpa joannae, Styela gU>bsii, BoUenia viUosa, Pyura haustor (3) occasional. Trididemnum sp. A, Ciona intestinalis, Ascidiopsis nanaimoensis, A. paratropa, Chelyosoma columbianum, Caesira apoploa, C. cooperi, Goniocarpa coccodes, BoUenia echinata, Tethyum aurantium, T. igaboja. The completion of the railway from Nanaimo to Alberni will make it possible to reach the outer coast of the Island in a short tim
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