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ANIMALS OF THE SEASHORE 



Fig. 17 

 Nereis pelagica Linne 



Nereis virens Sais 



Larger than the above two, sometimes reaching 

 18 inches; flesh-colored with a greenish sheen. A 

 common New England species that is occasionally 

 found along the New Jersey coast. 



Nepthys incisa Malmgren 

 {Nepthys ingens Stimpson) 



PLATE XIII. Fig. 6 



Up to six inches in length and y± inch in dia- 

 meter. Body white with red blood vessel visible 

 on dorsal side; appendages dark brown or black. 

 Very active, burrowing in mud or sand between the 

 tides and in shallow water. Delaware Bay to Bay 

 of Fundy ; fairly common in Cape May Harbor, New 

 Jersey. 



Nepthys picta Ehlers 

 (N. bucera Ehlers) 



More slender than the above. From low water 

 mark to 21 feet. Massachusetts Bay to South Caro- 

 lina. 



