66 SIPUNCULUS. TUBE-WORM. Class VI. 



GENUS IX. SIPUNCULUS. TUBE-WORM. 



Body slender, lengthened.. 



Mouth at the very end, attenuated, cylindric. 



Aperture on the side of the body. 



I. Nudus. Sipunculus. Lin. St/st. 1078. M'ondel. Zoopk. 110. Ges- 



Gm. Lin. 30g4. ner aq. 1026. 



Vermis macrorhynchopterus. Syrinx. Bohedsch. mar'in. Q3. 



> tab. vii. Jig. 6. 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. 



2. Saccatus. Gm. Lin. 30Q5. Mont, in Lin. Tr. vii. 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 Teign- 

 mouth. 



