224 I'LY MOUTH MAUINE 1NVERTE15RATE FAUNA. 



[ Polychaeta— coH^f/.] 

 PllYLLODOCE Paretti, Blaiiiville : Cucier, Eegue animal, Ainic'lides. 

 ri. l::5. Fig. 1. 



Mewstone Ledge (e.j.a.) : Stoke Pt. Gds. (s.P.). 



Eteone picta, Quatrefages: Hist. Nat. Annel. ii, p. 147. PI. 18. 



Occasional specimens from dredgings, Millbay Ch., Asia Sh., 

 Queen's Gd., Barn Pool (e.j.a.). 



Tomopteridae. 

 Tomopteris helgolandica, Greef : AiMein, Alciopiden und Tomopteri- 

 den der Plankton-Kxpedition, Kiel, 1.900, p. 38. PI. x. 

 In towiietlings Oct. (T.V.II.) : Dec. Jan. June (L.H.G.). 



Nereidae. 

 Nereis gultrifera, Grube: Ehlcrs, Borstenwiirmer, 18G8, p. 461. 

 PJ. xxi. 



Common on the sliores, especially in muddy gravel, all round 

 the Sound, Wembury B., Yealm Estuary (r.a.t., e.j.a.). 



Nereis diversicolor, 0. E. Miiller: Elders, Borstenwiirmer, 1868, 

 p. 554. PI. xxii. 



Common in the mud flats of the Tamar and Plym estuaries, 

 seldom in the Sound ; found only where the density of the water 

 is low (e.j.a.). 



Nereis Dumerilli, Aud. et Edw. : Ehlcrs, Borstenwiirmer, 1868, p. 535. 



PI. XX. 



Small specimens common in all dredgings from the Sound, Mill- 

 bay, Asia Sh., Queen's (4d., and from Yealm P.; larger specimens 

 chielly from Queen's Gd. ; occasional specimens on the shore under 

 Laboratory and Barn Pool (e.j.a.). 



Nereis fucata, vSavigny : Elders, Borstenwiirmer, 1868, p. 546. PI. xxi. 

 In shells of Biuxinnrn vndcUuni inhabited by Ei'jjac/Kriis Bcrn- 

 hardus; Mewstone Gds., liame to Eddystone Gds., Eddystoue Gds. 

 (e.j.a.) : Yealm P. (s.P.). 

 Breeding : May (W.G.). 

 Nereis irrorata, Malmgren : de St. Joseph, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool., v, 

 1888, p. 263, and xx, 1805, p. 215. 



Not uncommon in sand between tide-marks, Drake's I., Mt. 

 Edgcumbe, Jennyclifl (rare), Wembury ]>., Yealm Estuary south 

 shore. Small specimens amongst dredgings Queen's Gd. and Asia 

 Sh. (e.j.a.). 



Nerhiis longissima, Johnston: dc St. Joseph, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool., v, 

 1898, p. 304. PI. xvi. and xvii. 



Occasional specimens in fine sand between tide-marks, Drake's I. 

 and Mt. Edgcvunbe ; more connnon on shores of Yealm estuary ; 

 one specimen of llcleronereis stage taken in Cattewater (e.j.a.). 

 In mud-bank of Cattewater near Oreston (j.T.G.). 



^^^EREIS pelagica, Linnicus : Ehlcrs, P>orstcnwurnier, 1868, p. 511. PI. xx. 

 Freijuent amongst weeds on rocky shores and from dredgings in 

 all parts of the Sound ; also Wembury B. and Yealm \l. (T.v.ii., 

 e.j.a.). 



