MARINE ZOOLOGY 



matic. Length I i-2 inches. In sand. Cromer 

 (P.). 



10. Ammotrypane aulogaster, Rathke. 



Like the preceding, but more cylindrical ; 

 gills on all segments ; sides of body ridged, 

 ventral surface grooved. In sandy mud. 

 Recorded from deep water. Silver Pit (P.). 



1 1 . Arenuola marina, Linn. 



The common 'lug- worm.' Gills, 12 or 

 13 pairs, red, arborescent, forming tufts on the 

 middle segments. Hasborough (R. A. Todd). 



12. Praxilla prtetermissa, Malmgren. 



Head with an oval membranous rim, incised 

 at 3 points ; segments 26, the last 5 with- 

 out foot-bristles ; anal segment with a circlet 

 of 22-33 ci''''i) °^^ being longer than the rest. 

 No gills. Colour pale ochre. Length 4^ 

 inches. Off Hasborough, in mud (tubes ?) 

 (P.). 



D. Tube-building Worms ^ 



I. Terehelltda. 



Head bearing a tuft of flexible filiform ten- 

 tacles, and succeeded by 1-3 segments bearing 

 short tufts of gills. 



13. Lanice conchilega. Pall. 



The common ' sand-mason ' ; length 3-6 

 inches. Gills arborescent. Tube made of 

 agglutinated particles of shell, pebbles, etc. ; 

 it is buried in sand except a short terminal 

 portion which protrudes and bears a charac- 

 teristic fringe of sandy threads. Hasborough 

 (R. A. Todd), Yarmouth (Harmer). 



14. Thelepus cincinnatus, Fabr. 



Length 2-4 inches, reddish, with a reti- 

 culate pattern on the back. Gills unbranched, 

 in transverse rows, on 3 segments. Tube 

 thin, adherent by its whole length to shells, 

 etc. OfF Yarmouth, common (P.). 



II. Auricomata. 



Tentacles numerous but short ; head pro- 

 vided with large golden bristles ; hinder part of 

 body different from the front. 



15. Pectinaria auricoma, MUll. 

 Head-bristles forming a pair of straight 



combs, set in a line ; shortly behind these is a 

 low membranous collar with a dentate margin. 



' Some of the Nereids also secrete tubes, but do 

 not 6ui/J them with foreign particles. 



Tube smooth, conical, slightly curved, open 

 at both ends ; made of sand-grains cemented 

 together. Length i| inches. Cromer (Gel- 

 dart). 



16. Pectinaria helgica, Pallas. 



Differs from the preceding in having a 

 smooth margin to the membranous collar, and 

 builds a straight tube. Common in sand-flats, 

 in which it burrows head-first (probably with 

 its combs). 



17. Sabellaria alveolata (Linn.). 



Head-bristles forming a complete crown, 

 and composed of three series on each side, 

 those of the innermost series pointing inwards, 

 the rest outwards. Outermost bristles palmate, 

 and armed with 5-7 smooth curved prongs at 

 their tips. Tubes made of course sand-grains ; 

 generally aggregated in large irregular masses 

 near low-water mark. Reported abundant 

 off Cromer, Hasborough and Yarmouth (P.), 

 but possibly confused with the next species. 



18. Sabellaria spinulosa (Leuckart). 



The outermost opercular bristles have the 

 central prong greatly elongated and spinous. 

 Below low-water mark. Abundant off Yar- 

 mouth (S. F. Harmer). 



III. Sabellida. 



Head surrounded by a collar and bearing a 

 wreath of feathery gill-plumes, in two lateral 

 halves. 



19. Sabella penicillus, hinn. 



Length 10 or 12 inches. Gill-plumes i^ 

 inches long, spotted with purplish brown. 

 Labial tentacles 2, conical. Tube straight, 

 slender, made of fine mud, and deeply im- 

 bedded in the same material, at or below low- 

 water mark. Yarmouth (Harmer). 



20. Serpula triquetra (L.), Morch. 



One of the labial tentacles is modified into 

 a calcareous operculum, furnished with a 

 couple of horn-like processes. Tube thick, 

 white, calcareous, keeled, adherent along its 

 length to stones, shells, etc. Length i^ 

 inches. OfF Cromer and Hasborough, fairly 



common 



(P-: 



21. Filograna implexa, Berkeley. 



Length :i^-f inch. Gill-plumes 8 on each 

 side, one of which on each side is slightly ex- 

 panded to serve as an operculum. Tubes 

 white, calcareous, very slender, intertwining 

 in masses 3 or 4 inches high. OfF Hasborough, 

 common (P.), Yarmouth (Harmer). 



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