66 SIPUNCULUS. TUBE-WORM. Class VL 



GENUS IX. SIPUNCULUS. TUBE-JWRM. 



Body slender, lengthened. 



Mouth at the very end, attenuated, cylindric. 



Aperture on the side of the body. 



1. NxJDUS. SipuncuUis. Lhi. Sysf. lO'S. Rondel. ZoopJi. 110. Ges- 



Naked. ^^^_ ^.^^_ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^_ ^^^^^ 



Vermis macrorhynchopterus. Syrinx. Bohedsch. marin. Q3. 



taV. vii. Jig. Q. 7. 



S. with a cylindric extended mouth, lacini- 

 ated round the inner edges ; body rounded, 

 taper, at the end globose; about eight inches 

 long; aperture at the side, a little below the 

 mouth. Tab. xxi. Jig. 2.* 2. 

 Inhabits the sea. 



g. Saccatus. Gm. Lm. 3095. Mont, in Lin. Tr. vil. 75. Gesner aq. 1026. 



[S. covered with a skin not adhering close to the 

 body as in the preceding species. 



This animal, which was supposed to be ex- 

 clusively a native of the American and Indian 

 seas, has been found by Mr. Martin at Teigji- 

 mouth. 



