86 APHRODITA. Class VI. 



GENUS XVII. APHRODITA. 



Body oval ; numbers oi fasciculi, serving the 

 uses of feet, on each side. 



I\IouTH cyUndric, retractile, placed at the ex- 

 tremity. 



Feelers two, setaceous. 



1. AcuLEA- Aph. Lin. SijsL 1084. Gm. tab. xc. 1. 111. tab. 4./. 



. '^,^\ , Lin. 3107. Faun. Suec. No. 7. 8. 



Aculeatea. 



2099. Sea mouse. Dales Harwich. 



Busier, ii. 62. tab. vljig- 12. 394. 



3Ius. Ad. Ft. i. 93. Boate's Nat. Hist. Ireland, 



Eruca marina. Seb. Mus. \. 1 72. 



Aph. with the back cloathed with short brown 

 fur ; the sides, with rich pavonaceous green 

 hairs, mixed with sharp spines ; vent covered 

 with two scales; belly covered with a naked 

 skin ; mouth placed beneath ; each foot consists 

 of a fasciculus of five or six strong spines ; on 

 each side about thirty-six ; grows to the length 

 of between four and five inches. 



Inhabits all our seas ; often found in the 

 belly of the cod-fish. Tab. xxv. fg. 1. 



