RV Platessa tagged plaice were released off the Cumberland coast, using the RV "Platessa" during 1949 and 1950. In August 1951 echo-sounder traces were obtained over a wide area off Whitby by the RV 'Platessa', using a Marconi sounder. They were found to occur at a depth corresponding to that of a sharp thermocline, and small whiting about 3 in. in length, large Medusae, herring and sandeel larvæ were caught with a pelagic trawl at the depth of the trace. This work was reported in a ‘letter’ to the journal Nature in 1952. In 1950 the RV "Platessa" was involved in comparative
Orange-eyed nudibranch cerata are reddish or orange with white tips. The colour of the cerata varies with diet. This nudibranch feeds on a variety of hydroids. Its egg mass is a broad coil of one or two whorls. Orange-eyed nudibranch The orange-eyed nudibranch, scientific name "Cratena capensis", is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. This species has only been found around the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to Port Alfred, intertidally to at least 30 m. It is endemic to South Africa. The orange-eyed nudibranch grows to between