- Gordius aquaticus, like a horse hair; in water and clay
- Gordius lacustris; in the liver of the pike
- Ascaris vermicularis; at the bottom of lakes, and in the intestines of children and horses
- Ascaris lumbricoides; in the human intestines
- Lumbricus terrestris, earth worm; in the ground and in the human intestines
- Lumbricus marinus, sea worm
- Fasciola hepatica, gourd worm; in ditches, rivulets, and in the liver of sheep
- Fasciola intestinalis; in the intestines of fishes
- Fasciola barbata; in the intestines of the sepia loligo
- Sepunculus nudus; in the sea
- Hirundo medicinalis, common leech; in shallow waters
- Hirundo sanguisuga, horse leech; in fresh water
- Hirundo geometra; in fresh water
- Hirundo muricata, sea leech
2. Mollusca.
- Limax ater, black snail; in moist shady places
- Limax rufus, red; at the foot of mountains
- Limax maximus, large grey; in thick woods
- Limax agrestis, small grey; on cabbages
- Limax flavus, amber; on plants
- Doris argo, sea lemon
- Doris verrucosa; Aberdeen
- Doris elutrina; Anglesea
- Aphrodita acculeata, sea mouse; often found in the stomach of a cod
- Aphrodita squamata; Anglesea
- Aphrodita minuta; ibid.
- Nereis noctiluca, scarce visible to the naked eye; shines by night in the sea, so as to make the water appear on fire
- Nereis locustris; in clayey water
- Ascidia rustica; Scarborough
- Actinea sulcata; rocks of Cornwall and Anglesea
- Holothuria pentactes; in the deep
- Lernea cyprinacea; in fishponds, adhering to the sides of carp
- Lernea salmonea; adheres to the gills of salmon
- Lernea asellina; in the gills of cod, &c.
- Sepia officinalis, ink or cuttlefish; in the sea
- Sepia sepiola; off Flintshire
- Medusa cruciata
- Medusa aurita, sea nettle
- Medusa capillata, sea lungs
- Asterias rubens, five-fingered star fish
- Asterias glacialis, common ditto
- Asterias oculata, dotted ditto
- Asterias minuta; Denbigh
- Asterias hastata; Cornwall
- Asterias nigra; ibid.
- Echius esculentus, sea hedgehog; on the coast, near Scarborough
- Echius spatagus, sea egg; on the Yorkshire coast
3. Testacca.
- Chiton crinitus, hairy chiton; Aberdeen
- Chiton marginatus; in the sea, at Scarborough
- Chiton levis, lock broom; West Ross, North Britain
- Lepas. Animal, triton
- Lepas balanus; adhering to rocks and shells
- Lepas balanoides, acorn fish; frequently adheres to oysters
- Lepas tintinabulum; on bottoms of ships
- Lepas anatifera, barnacle, see [page 344]
- Pholas. Animal, ascidia
- Pholas dactylus, piddock; in stones, shines by night
- Pholas crispatus; frequent on the Yorkshire coast
- Solen. Animal, ascidia
- Solen siliqua; frequent on the shore near Scarborough
- Solen vagina; Anglesea
- Solen pellucidus; ibid.
- Solen legumen; ibid.
- Tellina. Animal, tethys
- Tellina cornea, size of a pea; in pools of fresh water
- Cardium Animal, tethys
- Cardium echinatum; on the Yorkshire coast
- Cardium edule, common cockle
- Mactra. Animal, tethys
- Mactra solida; on the Yorkshire coast
- Mactra lutraria; sea, at the mouth of rivers
- Donax. Animal, tethys
- Donax trunculus; on the coast near Scarborough
- Ostrea maxima, large scallop; on the Irish coast, and near Portland
- Ostrea obliterata, small scallop
- Ostrea edulis, common oyster
- Anomia truncata; in limestones
- Anomia crispa; in bluish limestone, in Craven, and other parts
- Anomia squamula; on oysters, crabs, and lobsters
- Anomia ephipium; adhering to oyster shells
- Mytilus. Animal, ascidia
- Mytilus rugosus; in lime-stone
- Mytilus edulis, common muscle
- Mytilus cygneus; in many lakes in the north
- Buccinum. Animal, limax
- Buccinum lapillus, larger English purple fish; on the shore
- Buccinum minimum, less than a pea
- Helix, snails. Animal, limax
- Helix lapicida; in woods in Lincolnshire
- Helix planorbis; in rivulets
- Helix cornea; in still rivers and pools
- Helix vivipera; ibid.
- Helix putris; in rivers and pools
- Serpula. Animal, terebella.
- Serpula spirorbis; adheres to sea weeds on the coast
- Sabella. Animal, nereis
- Sabella alviolata, English tubular sand coral; on the Yarmouth coast, and on Peington strand, Devon
4. Lithophyta.
- Coral, calcareous, fixed, built by animals
- Madrepora. Coral, with cavities, lamellosa-stellated. Animal, medusa
- Madrepora musicalis; on the Irish coast
- Millepora. Animal, hydra
- Millepora fascialis, stony foliaceous coralline; adhering to an oyster shell, on the coast of the Isle of Wight
- Cellepora, coral, submembranaceous, composed of round shells. Animal, hydra
- Cellepora pumicosa, appears in the microscope like a pumice-stone; found on the sickle coralline, like white sand
5. Zoophyta.
- Gorgonia placomus, warted sea fan; on the Cornish coast
- Gorgonia anceps, sea willow
- Gorgonia flabellum, Venus fan
- Alcyonium. Florets, hydræ, between the cortex; epidermis vesicular, porous
- Alcyonium digitatum, dead-man’s hand; frequently taken up by fishermen trawling for flat fish on the Kentish coast
- Alcyonium schlosseri; on the Cornish coast
- Alcyonium ficus, sea-fig; near Sheerness
- Spongia oculata, branched sponge; on the coast
- Spongia dicotoma, forked sponge; on the Cornish and Yorkshire coasts
- Spongia lacustris, creeping sponge; at the bottom of lakes in Westmoreland
- Spongia fluviatilis, river sponge; in the Thames, Cam, &c.
- Flustra foliacea, broad-leaved horn-wrack; on the coast
- Tubularia indivisa, tubular coralline
- Tubularia ramosa, small rarified tubular coralline
- Tubularia fistulosa, bugle coralline
- Tubularia campanulata, creeping, extremely minute
- Corallina officinalis, coralline of the shops; fixed to rocks and shells, by stony joints
- Corallina rubens, crested or coxcomb coralline, like moss in round tufts, resembling a bird’s crest; the microscope shews the filaments to be dichotomous
- Corallina corniculata, white slender-jointed coralline; adheres to small fuci
- Sertularia rosacea, lily-flowering oralline; on oysters
- Sertularia pumila, sea-oak coralline; about Sheerness
- Sertularia abietina, sea-fir; on oysters, muscles, &c.
- Sertularia argentea, squirrel’s tail; on oysters in the Isle of Shepey
- Sertularia cornuta, very minute—with many others
- Vorticella, see [page 396] & seq.
- Hydra, see [page 363] & seq.
- Tænia solium; in the intestines of various animals
- Tænia vulgaris, common tapeworm; in the intestines of men and brutes
- Animalcula infusoria, see [page 428] & seq.[170]
[170] Those who are desirous of seeing well delineated and elegantly coloured figures of a variety of curious objects among the insect class, particularly such as require investigation by the microscope, will be amply gratified by having recourse to Donovan’s History of British Insects. From the Naturalists Miscellany, by G. Shaw, M. D. F. R. & Vice Pres. L. S. numbers of beautiful subjects may likewise be selected.