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THE scyphomedusan Pelagia was observed in some numbers in the River Yealm estuary, South Devon, on December 20, 1951. This is of more than merely faunistic interest, though on that score alone it is worthy of note, since the genus is purely pelagic and, so far as I am aware, has never before been recorded in the English Channel nearer inshore than the neighbourhood of the Eddystone, and then only very sparsely1. The present record is due to the vigilance of Miss Agnes Russell, of the yacht Ardglass moored in the Yealm estuary, who saw a specimen of the medusa as she was rowing ashore from her yacht; though not a biologist, she was quick to recognize its unfamiliar pattern and that, in any event, a ‘jelly-fish’ in December was a matter for further inquiry.
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Russell, F. S., J. Mar. Biol. Assoc., 22, 417 and 497 (1938).
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HUNT, O. Occurrence of Pelagia in the River Yealm Estuary, South Devon. Nature 169, 934 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169934a0
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