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MARIONINA AMERICANA sp. nov. 



pi. xiv, fig. i ; text-figs. 61 and 62. 



Definition. Length 10 mm., width .5 mm. Somites about 50. 

 Prostomium blunt. Setae : ventrals, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, o, 2, 

 4, 4, 4, etc. ; laterals, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, etc. Head-pore immediately 

 in front of the groove between prostomium and somite I. Clitellum 

 small, XII and XIII. Sexual papillae small, cylindrical, truncate. 

 Brain posteriorly slightly emar- 

 ginate ; posteriorly much broader 

 than anteriorly. Dorsal vessel 

 rises posterior to clitellum. In- 

 testine with few and thin chlo- 

 ragogen cells. Spermathecae 

 consist of a narrow and com- 

 paratively long duct, and a short 

 and wide ampulla furnished with 

 two short diverticles ; the am- 

 pulla does not seem to connect 

 with the intestine. The penial 

 bulb contains two kinds of gland- 

 ular cells, one kind being more 

 granular and staining more 

 deeply than the other. Sperm- 

 duct narrow and coiled, confined to XII and XI. Testes entire, but 

 covered by a cap-like sperm-sac confined within XI. No ovisac. No 



ventral glands. Lymphocytes large, round- 

 e ^' disk-like. Color pale, without pig- 

 ment. 



Locality. Port Clarence, Alaska, Dr. 

 Anton Stuxberg, Vega Expedition (July 

 23 to 27, 1879). A single specimen. 

 Characteristics. The single specimen 



FIG. 62. Marioninaamericana. bein g in a P r state of Preservation pre- 



vented any detailed investigation. The 



anterior part of the worm was sectioned transversely. The nephridia 

 are not in a sufficient state of preservation to allow their finer struc- 

 ture to be satisfactorily studied. The spermatheca is distinctly char- 

 acteristic of the species. 



Setce. The setae of the ventral fascicles diminish in size toward 

 the ventral interval, while those of the lateral fascicles diminish toward 



Marionina americana. 



