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Notes on the Littoral Polychaeta of Torquay (Part II.). 



By 

 Major E. V. Elwes. 



Phyllodocidae. 



It cannot be said that all the species of the Phyllodocidae have yet 

 been satisfactorily defined, much difference of opinion existing as to 

 the separation of varieties and species. In the accompanying key the 

 nomenclature of Professor Mcintosh has been followed, but those 

 Annelids, which are classed by him as varieties, but which have been 

 hitherto generally accepted as distinct species, are shown separately. 

 The true specific value of the arrangement and nature of the papillae 

 on the proboscis can only be settled by the examination of numerous 

 individuals from various localities ; in the meantime it appears best to 

 consider Annelids differing in these particulars as at least varieties 

 worthy of a name. 



EuLALiA viKiDis, 0. F. Mliller. Mcintosh, 3Ion. Brit. Ann., vol. ii., 

 p. 55. 



The variety of U. viridis, most commonly found at Torquay, is 

 coloured an uniform dark green, the cirri being rather lighter in 

 colour. It is particularly abundant where the limestone rocks have 

 been much eaten away from about half-tide mark downwards. It appears 

 to like crawling about the damp rocks out of the water when the tide 

 is low, and does not hesitate to leave the water when placed in a 

 shallow vessel. The terminal papillae of the proboscis numbered 

 fourteen in all the individuals examined, like those found by de St. 

 Joseph at Dinard ; but the whole of the extended proboscis was 

 covered with papillae. 



The variety ornata of de St. Joseph is fairly common, but does not 

 appear to extend above the Laminarian zone. There appears to be very 

 little doubt that this is the P. griffithdi of Johnstone. His specimens 

 were obtained from Torbay, and there does not appear to be any 

 species of Eulalia found there to which the description could apply. 



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