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THE ESSEX NATURALIST
Talitridae
Talitrus saltator (Montagu)
Very common in the sand and under litter at high water mark
on the beaches at Bradwell, Mersea Flat and Colne Point.
Orchestia gammarella (Pallas)
Common under litter at high water mark on beaches and in
saltings, Osea Island and Bradwell Creek.
Aoridae
Aora typica Krøyer
Occasionally taken in bottom samples. Recorded from stations
S.5, Line 1.4, and Line 2a.5 in 1960.
Photidae
Photis sp.
One record only, of a juvenile, in 1962.
Jassidae
Jassa falcata (Montagu)
Abundant in the fouling on ships anchored in the Blackwater
in 1960, but also collected from the benthos at station N.l in 1960.
Corophiidae
Corophium volutator (Pallas)
Common. Taken on muddy bottoms from Maldon seawards to
the Knoll Buoy.
Corophium crassicorne Bruzelius
Abundant in the fouling on ships anchored in the Blackwater
(May 1960).
Corophium bonelli G. O. Sars
Only recorded from the mud of Bradwell Creek.
Caprellidae
Pariambus typicus Krøyer
Commensal with Asterias rubens, being found in large numbers
between the tube feet. Generally common, particularly among
Asterias living along the south side of the Blackwater in 1960 and
elsewhere in 1965.
Caprella linearis (Linne)
Very common on hydroids and sponges on the bottom at
Thirslet and other clean areas. Also recorded from the lower
shore, fouling on ships and in plankton samples. Some other
species of Caprella may have been confused with C. linearis and
included in these records.