THE COLLECTION OF VERMES 



BY 



J. H. SANDGROUND 



The collection of worms and the allied groups usually thrown to- 

 gether under the name Vermes is all in alcohol (except a consider- 

 able amount of dry Bryozoan material) and is only sorted out into 

 the major groups. Much of the marine material has come from the 

 "Hassler," "Blake," and "Albatross" collections, while the fresh- 

 water and land forms have been received from a great number of 

 sources, mostly as incidental collections made in connection with 

 gathering other material. Of the Annelids, a considerable number, 

 perhaps 200 species, have been identified, and of many of these, pos- 

 sibly 50, there is type material. The Sipunculids have been studied 

 and the collection is identified and labelled. It contains about 40 

 species, of which some 12-15 are represented by type material. Of 

 the small group of Myzostomes there is a valuable series of micro- 

 scope slides, showing the structure of many species, including a type, 

 the gift of Professor W. M. Wheeler. In the other groups, many in- 

 dividuals are identified, but on the whole the collection offers a virgin 

 field for a systematist. 



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