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ANNELIDA. 



Segments alternately provided with 

 soft appendages (as shield -plates, or 

 superior cirri) ; back usually covered 

 by shield-plates ; gills rudimentary ; 

 jaws ordinarily two pairs Aphroditada. 



FAMILY I. NEREIDJE. 



Glycera (Lamk.). No tentacular cirri ; antennae 

 rudimentary ; head conical, and scarcely distinct ; 

 proboscis ordinarily armed with four jaws. 

 G. alba. Fig. 163, n. s. ; and head with proboscis protruded 



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Pollicita (Johnst). No tentacular cirri; antennae 

 rudimentary; body very slender; proboscis without 



