432 



EUNICE VITTATA. 



1829. 

 1841. 

 1851. 

 1864. 

 1865. 



)) 

 1868. 



1870. 

 1875. 

 1876. 

 1879. 

 1885. 

 1900. 



1903. 

 1904. 

 1905. 

 1906. 



1908. 

 1909. 



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Synonyms. 



vittata, Delle Chiaje. Mem., iv, pp. 176, 195, Tav. lxiv, f. 12 and 13. 



idem. Descriz., iii, p. 94; v, p. 101, Tav. 166, f. 12 and 13. 

 minuta (juv.), Grube. Fain. Annel., pp. 44 and 123 (?). 

 vittata, idem. Insel Lussin, p. 79. 

 Rissoi, De Quatrefages. Annel., t. i, p. 315. 

 Laurillardi (partim), idem. Ibid., p. 314. 

 vittata, Claparede. Annel. Nap., p. 133, pi. vi, f. 3. 

 limosa, Elilers. Borstenw., ii, p. 348, Taf. xv, f. 15 — 22. 

 Tuhrocincta, idem. Ibid., p. 344. 

 vittata, Claparede. Suppl. Annel. Nap., p. 34. 



„ Marion and Bobretzky. Ann. Sc. nat., 6 e ser., t. ii, p. 11. 

 limosa, Mcintosh. Proc. Koy. Soc,, xxv, p. 217. 

 vittata, Langerlians. Zeitsclir. f. wiss. ZooL, xxxiii, p. 293. 



Cams. Fauna Medit., i, p. 210. 



Fischli. Polych. Ternate (Moluccas), p. 104 (Abhand. Senek. Natur. Gesell., 

 Bd. xxv). 



Mcintosh. Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. xi, p. 558. 



Moore. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad., vol. x, p. 435. 



(syn. Claparedii ?), Graeffe. Arbeit. Zool. Stat. Triest, xv, p. 321. 



De St. Joseph. Ann. Sc. nat., 9 e ser., t. iii, p. 204. 



Eisig. Fauna u. Fl. Neap., xxviii, p. 213. 



Ehlers. Deutsch. Tiefsee Exped., p. 87. 



Lo Bianco. Mitth. Zool. Stat. Neap., Bd. xix, p. 580. 



Habitat. — Dredged off St. Peter Port, Guernsey, on shelly ground in fifteen fathoms 

 in a tube composed of broken shells and stones inside the valve of a large mussel, and in 

 cracks of leathery tube in another shell at the same depth. This form seems to frequent 

 water from fifteen to twenty fathoms or more in depth. ' Porcupine ' Expedition, 1870, 

 Stations XXVII, XXVIII, and XXVIII a. Galway (A. G. Moore); Polperro (W. Baird); 

 and Plymouth (C. S. Bate). 



Shores of France (De St. Joseph). Madeira (Langerlians). Mediterranean (Delle 

 Chiaje, Grube, Claparede). Japan (Moore). Adventure Bank, e Porcupine,' 1870, ninety- 

 two fathoms. Cape Verde Islands (Ehlers). 



Chiefly a southern form — widely distributed. 



Head with an evenly rounded anterior margin of the fused palpi, which, however, 

 show a deep ventral furrow. It bears five long smooth tentacles, the median being the 

 longest, whilst the infero-lateral is little more than half the length of the superior. The 

 eyes are large and black, and they hold a similar position to those of E. fas data. The 

 head and tentacles are pale, and the latter are smooth under a lens. 



Body slender, 2 — 3 ins. long, slightly tapered anteriorly, and forming a slender tail 

 posteriori}^. The first two segments are devoid of feet, the first being about thrice the 

 breadth of the succeeding. The second bears the two slender tentacular cirri at its 

 anterior border. In life each of these has a whitish spot at the base. The last six or 

 seven segments in front of the vent have very thin dorsal walls, so that even in spirit- 

 preparations the intestine is clearly visible. Such probably aids in respiration. Dorsum 



