APHRODITA. Class VI. 



GENUS XVII. APHRODITA. 



Body oval ; numbers of fasciculi, serving the 

 uses of feet, on each side. 



Mouth cylindric, retractile, placed at the ex- 

 tremity. 



Feelers two, setaceous. 



1. Aculea- Aph. Lin. Syst. 1084. Gm. tab. xc. 1. 111. tab. 4. /. 



4 ^t't d Lin ' 31 ° 7 ' Faun - Suec - N°' 7 - 8 - 



2099. Sea mouse. Dales Hanvich. 



Busier, ii. 62. tab. vi-Jig. 12. 394. 



Mas. Ad. Fr. i. 93. Boale's Nat. Hist. Ireland, 



Eruca marina. Seb. Mus. i. 172. 



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 j 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. fig. 1 . 



