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Cirratulus afer, Ehlers. 



Ehlers, 1908, p. 127, pi. xvii, figs. 10-12. 



St. 279. 10. viii. 27. Off Cape Lopez, French Congo. From 8-5 miles N 71° E to 15 miles 

 N 24° E of Cape Lopez Light. 58-67 m. Gear OTL. Bottom: mud and fine sand. Two specimens. 



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Fig. 60. Cirratulus afer. Anterior end. 



Remarks. I have much hesitation in referring these forms to Ehlers' species. One 

 of the specimens is complete and measures 83 mm. by 11 mm. for 150 chaetigers. This 

 specimen is much larger than those seen by Ehlers. The general proportions of the 

 body are similar to those described by Ehlers. The prostomium is very short and as 

 if telescoped into the buccal segment. The two tentacular groups, each of 10 to 12 

 filaments, are on the ist chaetiger and apparently spread over a considerable area of 

 the last achaetous segment (Fig. 60). According to Ehlers there is a single filament 

 on the ist chaetiger and a group of filaments on the 2nd. Moreover, I can find no 

 trace of hooks in my specimens. In Ehlers' specimens their occurrence seems to be 

 very irregular, or they may be absent. The gills seem to be continued over the greater 

 part of the body, and their insertion is just above the dorsal ramus. 



Genus Dodecaceria, Oersted 



Dodecaceria concharum, Oersted. 



Fauvel, 1927, p. 102, fig. 36 a-n. 



St. 2. 17. xi. 25. Clarence Bay, Ascension Island, Catherine's Point and Collyer Point. Shore 

 collection. One specimen. 



Remarks. A single atocous sedentary ripe female with five pairs of gills. 



Genus Heterocirrus, Grube 



(Saint- Joseph char, emend.) • 



Heterocirrus caput-esocis, Saint- Joseph, var. capensis var. nov. 



Heterocirrus caput-esocis, Fauvel, 1927, p. 97, fig. 33 l-m. 



St. 90. 10. vii. 26. Simon's Town, False Bay, South Africa. Basin of H.M. Dockyard. 0-2 m. 

 Gear NH. Six specimens. 



