EUNICE. 131 



7. EUNICE*. 



Eunice, Schweig. Handh. 597. Aud. Sf M.-Edw. Litt. de la France, 

 ii. 137. Williams in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1851, 196, and in Ann. 4* 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. 400. 



Leodice, Savign. Syst. Annel. 48. Lam. Anim. s. Vert. v. 321. 



Nereidonta, Blainv. Diet, des Sc. nat. Ivii. 475. 



Char. Head small, not overlooked by the first segment: eyes 

 two : jaws seven, three in the right, and four in the left series : an- 

 tennae five, setaceous, unequal, longer than the head, and originating 

 from its posterior margin : branchise semipectinate, affixed above the 

 dorsal cirrus along a more or less considerable extent of the sides. 



* Two tentacular cirri on the second segment towards the sides and near 

 the anterior margin == Leodicse simplices, Savign. Syst. Annel. 49. 



1 . E. norvegica, yellowish, with a reddish mesial line ; front of the 

 head bilobed. ; antennae with distant joints indistinctly defined ; 

 branchiae commencing on the seventh segment, with from three to 

 nine to thirteen pectinations ; dorsal cirrus elongated, overtopping 

 the branchiae. Length 4-6". 



Nereis norvegica, Linn. Syst. 1086. Turt. Gmel. iv. 87. 



Nereis pennata, Miill. Zool. Dan. Prod. 217 ; Zool. Dan. i. 30. tab. 29. 



f. 1-3. 

 Nereis pinnata, Miill. Zool. Dan. Prod. 217 ; Zool. Dan. i. 30. tab. 29. 



f. 4-7. Turt. Gmel. iv. 87. Fleming in Edin. Phil. Journ. ix. 254. 



Aud. ^ M.-Edw. Litt. de la France, ii. 145. 

 Leodice pinnata, Savign. Syst. Annel. 51. Lam. An. s. Vert. v. 323; 



2nde edit. v. 563. 

 Leodice norwegica, Savign. Syst. Annel. 51, 

 Eunice norwegica, Grube, Fam. Annel. 44. 



Hab. The Laminarian region. 



Obs. I have followed Oersted and Grube in uniting the above 

 synonyms ; for, it is to be presumed, they are best acquainted with the 

 Miillerian species. I have seen no specimen. 



2. E. annulicomis, brownish, iridescent; head rounded in front, 

 obtuse ; antennae moniliform ; branchiae commencing on the fourth 

 segment, with from three to seven pectinations, short ; dorsal 

 cirrus not longer than the branchiae, jointed ; anal styles elongate, 

 moniliform. Length 4". 



Leodice annulicomis, Brit. Mus. Coll. 

 Hab. « Spinola," Brit. Mus. Is it British ? 



Desc. "Worm lumbriciform, narrowed posteriorly, of a brown 



* A Nereid. — Spenser calls her the " white-hand Eunice." 



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