﻿HuTTON. 
  — 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Worms 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  323 
  

  

  Genus 
  Porroa, 
  Quatrefages. 
  

   Head 
  with 
  five 
  anteuiuo 
  ; 
  buccal 
  segment 
  witli 
  only 
  two 
  tentacles. 
  

  

  P. 
  MicROPHYLLA, 
  Sclimanla, 
  I.e., 
  p. 
  86, 
  ^J?. 
  29,/. 
  ^30. 
  Quat. 
  II., 
  p. 
  128. 
  

  

  Back 
  very 
  convex, 
  blackish 
  green 
  ; 
  brauchiffl 
  rich 
  green, 
  small, 
  ovalo- 
  

   cordate 
  ; 
  eyes 
  four. 
  Tentacles 
  (antennae) 
  two 
  frontal, 
  two 
  lateral, 
  dissimilar, 
  

   cervical. 
  Tentacles 
  two 
  ; 
  ventral 
  cirri 
  tubercular. 
  

  

  Family 
  Syllid.e. 
  

   Body 
  elongated 
  ; 
  head 
  with 
  tentacles, 
  often 
  with 
  eyes 
  ; 
  peristome 
  with 
  

   2-4 
  cirri, 
  often 
  united 
  to 
  the 
  prostomium 
  ; 
  pharynx 
  not 
  protrusible, 
  some- 
  

   times 
  toothed, 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  chitinous 
  tube, 
  which 
  bears 
  a 
  boring 
  spine 
  ; 
  feet 
  

   one-branched, 
  with 
  two 
  aciculate 
  bristle 
  clusters 
  ; 
  ventral 
  cirri 
  short 
  or 
  

   none. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Sph 
  rosylUs, 
  Quatrefages. 
  

   Head 
  not 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  buccal 
  segment, 
  with 
  two 
  frontal 
  lobes, 
  five 
  

   antenna 
  or 
  tentacles, 
  and 
  eyes. 
  

  

  S. 
  MACBUEA, 
  Schmarda, 
  I.e., 
  p. 
  70 
  (Syllis). 
  Qaat., 
  I.e. 
  11., 
  p. 
  53. 
  

  

  Body 
  yellowish, 
  convex 
  above 
  ; 
  below 
  flat 
  ; 
  frontal 
  lobes 
  conical 
  ; 
  eyes 
  

   four, 
  disposed 
  in 
  a 
  trapezium 
  ; 
  branchiae 
  (upper 
  cirri) 
  short 
  ; 
  30 
  articulated. 
  

  

  Family 
  Cibehatulid^. 
  

   Body 
  rounded, 
  fusiform 
  ; 
  head 
  with 
  no 
  teeth, 
  antennte, 
  nor 
  tentacles 
  ; 
  

   feet 
  in 
  two 
  series, 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  hooks 
  ; 
  thread-like 
  gills 
  on 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   segments. 
  

  

  Genus 
  Cirratulus, 
  Lamarck. 
  

   Head 
  conic, 
  mouth 
  inferior; 
  body 
  cylindrical; 
  first 
  and 
  last 
  segments 
  

   only 
  without 
  branchise. 
  

  

  C. 
  anchyloch^tus, 
  Schmarda, 
  I.e., 
  p. 
  58. 
  Quat., 
  1., 
  p. 
  458. 
  

  

  Body 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  branchiffired; 
  back 
  convex, 
  belly 
  flat; 
  sides 
  narrow, 
  

   ang 
  dated. 
  

  

  Order 
  Cephalobkanchiata. 
  

   Worm-like 
  marine 
  animals, 
  mostly 
  protected 
  by 
  a 
  tube; 
  body 
  presenting 
  

   distinct 
  regions 
  ; 
  respiration 
  by 
  branchiae 
  placed 
  near 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  head. 
  

   Sexes 
  distinct 
  ; 
  no 
  teeth, 
  nor 
  epipharynx. 
  

  

  Family 
  Pherusid^e. 
  

   Free 
  ; 
  peristome 
  without 
  bristles 
  ; 
  branchiae 
  of 
  simple 
  threads 
  surrounded 
  

   by 
  a 
  girdle 
  of 
  long, 
  yellow, 
  thick 
  bristles; 
  segments 
  not 
  ringed; 
  feet 
  with 
  

   upper 
  linear 
  and 
  lower 
  hook-like 
  bristles 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  with 
  terminal 
  suckers. 
  

   Genus 
  Chlorcema, 
  Dujardin. 
  

   Mouth 
  subterminal, 
  placed 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  antennte 
  ; 
  body 
  elongated, 
  

   fusiform, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  hah's. 
  

  

  