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IT will be remembered that in 1891, Cordylophora lacustris was found in great abundance in Heigham Sound. On the 6th inst, after collecting in that locality and downward to Potter Heigham Bridge, I noticed at the bottom of the bottle a Crustacean, apparently a Podocerid. On floating a piece of reed stem, covered with colonies of the hydrozoon, in a vessel of water, it was evident that the colonies were thickly studded with nests, from which, in some cases, the antennæ were seen protruding. Several specimens of these Amphipods were secured at once; and these the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, F.R.S., has kindly identified. They prove to be Corophium crassicorne, Bruzelius. A large colony of the Cordylophora has been preserved in formalin, with the nests. On the following day I met with the same Amphipod, in considerable numbers, between Acle Bridge and the Angel Inn.
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SCHERREN, H. Nest-building Amphipod in the Broads. Nature 54, 367 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054367a0
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