A Report on the Medusæ found in the Firth of Clyde (1901–1902)

Abstract

Records relating to the occurrence of medusæ in the Firth of Clyde have not been numerous, though its waters have long been a noted resort for marine naturalists. Forbes, in his Monograph on the British Naked-eyed Medusæ, states that he paid special attention to the medusæ of the Clyde, and that those which he collected while on a yachting cruise in the autumn of 1839 were the foundation of his well-known monograph. Amongst those who have made additions to the list of species I may mention the names of Landsborough, Alder, Allman, Herdman, and two well-known foreigners, Claparède and Haeckel. In June 1902 Dr Clemens Hartlaub, of Heligoland, made a short stay at the Millport Biological Laboratory, solely for the purpose of collecting medusæ, but the complete results of his labours have not yet been published.