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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [42] 
  

  

  The 
  anal 
  segment 
  very 
  short 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  uncigerous 
  lobe, 
  when 
  flattened 
  

   down, 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  it. 
  

  

  Anal 
  cirri 
  10 
  ; 
  of 
  these 
  8 
  are 
  conical, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  segments; 
  

   2 
  lateral, 
  cylindrical, 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  others, 
  much 
  stouter, 
  arising 
  

   from 
  stout 
  swollen 
  bases. 
  

  

  The 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  tapers 
  rapidly. 
  

  

  Body 
  colorless; 
  internal 
  organs 
  showing 
  through, 
  giving 
  a 
  green 
  

   tinge, 
  especially 
  along 
  the 
  anterior 
  half. 
  Branchiae 
  colorless, 
  with 
  

   green 
  center. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  largest 
  specimen, 
  10 
  mm 
  . 
  

  

  Width 
  in 
  front, 
  with 
  feet, 
  2 
  rara 
  . 
  

  

  Sand 
  and 
  shells 
  ; 
  6-12 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  SABELLIDES 
  (M. 
  Edw.) 
  Malmgren. 
  

   Sabellides 
  octootrrata 
  Sars. 
  

  

  Sars. 
  Fauna 
  Littoralis 
  Norvegiic, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  pp. 
  21, 
  23. 
  1856. 
  

   Malmgren. 
  Nord. 
  Hafs-Ann., 
  p. 
  369, 
  pi. 
  xxv, 
  fig. 
  74. 
  1865. 
  

  

  Not 
  uncommon 
  ; 
  sand 
  and 
  sandy 
  mud 
  ; 
  6-35 
  fathoms. 
  

   MELINNA 
  Malmgren. 
  

   Melinna 
  cristata 
  Malmgren. 
  

  

  SdbeUide8 
  cristata 
  Sars. 
  Fauna 
  Littor. 
  Norvg., 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  pp. 
  19, 
  24, 
  pi. 
  2, 
  fig. 
  1-7. 
  

  

  1856. 
  

   Melinna 
  cristata 
  Maxmgren. 
  Nord. 
  Hafs-Ann., 
  p. 
  371, 
  pi. 
  xx, 
  fig. 
  50. 
  1865. 
  

  

  Bare 
  ; 
  sandy 
  mud 
  ; 
  5-12 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  Family 
  TEREBELLID^E. 
  

  

  AMPHITBITE 
  Mutter. 
  

   Amphitrite 
  brunnea 
  Verrill. 
  

  

  Terebella 
  brunnea 
  Stimpson. 
  Grand 
  Manan, 
  p. 
  31, 
  1854. 
  

  

  Amphitrite 
  Johnstoni 
  Malmgren. 
  Nord. 
  Hafs-Ann., 
  p. 
  377, 
  pi. 
  xxi, 
  fig. 
  51. 
  1865. 
  

  

  Amphitrite 
  brunnea 
  Verrill. 
  Check 
  List. 
  1879. 
  

  

  There 
  may 
  be 
  24 
  or 
  25 
  segments, 
  with 
  capillary 
  setae. 
  The 
  color 
  is 
  

   usually 
  dark 
  brownish-red, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  were 
  dark 
  brown, 
  without 
  any 
  

   tinge 
  of 
  red. 
  

  

  Common 
  on 
  mud 
  -flats, 
  at 
  low 
  water. 
  

  

  Amphitrite 
  cirrata 
  Mutter. 
  

  

  Amphitrite 
  cirrata 
  Muller. 
  Prodr. 
  Zool. 
  Dan. 
  n, 
  2617 
  (teste 
  Malmgren). 
  

   Amphitrite 
  cirrata 
  Malmgren. 
  Nord. 
  Hafs-Ann., 
  p. 
  375, 
  pi. 
  xxi, 
  fig. 
  53. 
  1865. 
  

  

  The 
  tube 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  fine 
  dirt, 
  curved, 
  open 
  at 
  both 
  

   ends, 
  which 
  project 
  from 
  the 
  surface. 
  

   Not 
  common 
  ; 
  sandy 
  mud 
  ; 
  low 
  water. 
  

  

  