212 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Vermiliopsis richardi, Fauvel, var. fauveli, var. nov. 



Vermiliopsis richardi, Fauvel, 1927, p. 366, fig. 126 a-m. 



St. 283. 14. viii. 27. Off Annobon, Gulf of Guinea. -75 to i mile N 12° E of Pyramid Rock, 

 Annobon. 18-30 m. Gear DLH. Three specimens. 



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Fig. 89. Vermiliopsis richardi, var. fauveli. 

 a. Gill filament, b. Anterior end seen from the side. c. Operculum, d. Tube. 



Description. The average measurement is about 15 mm. in length. These specimens 

 correspond in detail with Fauvel 's account of his species, except in the following 

 particulars. The extremity of the branchial filaments (Fig. 89, a) is not spatulate but 

 filiform, and I can see no eyes on their dorsal surfaces. Moreover, the hooks begin at 

 the 2nd and not the 3rd thoracic chaetiger. Otherwise, in the absence of a branchial 

 membrane, in the presence of a spiral base to the filaments, in the shape of the collar, 

 in the structure of the operculum (Fig. 89, b and c) and in the character of the bristles, 

 these specimens agree with Fauvel's account. Moreover, the tube (Fig. 89, d), with its 

 very wide peristomes and its longitudinal ridges, seems to be similar to that described 

 by Fauvel. 



