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noS(l) , 



noS(l) 



noS(l) — ^Vfif^j 

 noS(2)— -- 



Figure 2. — Aphroditidae, Aphrodita hastata: a, dorsal view anterior end; b, dorsal view 

 posterior end; c, dorsal view prostomium and tentacular segment; d, parapodium of 

 cirrigerous segment, 



basally and brilliant bluish green distally). (2) An upper and lower 

 tuft of large, dark amber-colored protective notosetae; they extend 

 dorsomedially, perforating the dorsal feltage, nearly touching medially 

 and especially conspicuous in the posterior fourth; they are stout 

 basally, tapering gradually to slender, flexible hooked tips (may be 

 broken off; in A. aculeata, these protective spines are thicker, darker, 

 much shorter, acute and rigid, projecting stiffly along the lateral 

 part of the body and leaving the greater part of the dorsum free 

 of these heavy spines). (3) Groups of fine, capiflary, iridescent, j^el- 

 lowish feltage setae in 2 main groups on the cirrigerous segments, 



