LOXOSOMA CLAVIFORME. 575 



Fig. 42. 



Loxosoma phascolosomatimi . 



Habitat. On the caudal extremity of certain Annelids 

 [Sipunculidea). 



Locality. Bantry Bay^ forming a tuft on the pos- 

 terior extremity of Phascolosoma Harveii, Forbes (A. 

 M. N.j. 



Geographical Distribution. RoscoflF, abundant^ on 

 Phascolosoma elongatum and P. margaritaceum (C. Vogt; 

 BaiTois) . 



Loxosoma claviforme. 



Plate LXXXI. figs. 9-12. 



Body ovate ; tentacles (probably) 10 or 12 ; peduncle some- 

 what longer than the body, tapering off gradually down- 

 wards, and terminating below in a short, foot-like ex- 

 pansion, — the whole figure very regularly clavate when 

 the tentacles are withdrawn ; ? pedal gland ; only a 

 single bud observed, placed about halfway down the 

 body. 



The foregoing is a very imperfect diagnosis, as the spe- 

 cimens examined had been- long preserved in spirit, and 



