Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol. 06, No. 4, December 1914 — John Shaqi
Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol. 06, No. 4, December 1914Various
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Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol. 06, No. 4, December 1914
Various
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Less abundant. Similar in distribution. More slender and of a lighter
pigmentation.
_Lepidasthenia gigas_ Johnson.
This interesting form was taken from a large mass of the tubes of
_Vermetus_ (_squamigerus?_) (gasteropod). Heretofore, as far as I
know, it has only been recorded as a tube commensal with a large
_Amphitrite_. My specimen was not commensal, but was hidden among
the mollusc tubes. The color was recorded as a "light, unsaturated
yellow, elytra darker yellow, body irridescent below." The setæ
project only their tips beyond the parapodia, differing only in this
respect from Johnson's figures. I could not find any asymmetrical
somites, judging from the elytrophores. The elytra were all gone and
the specimen was poorly preserved.
_Harmothoe hirsuta_ Johnson.
A single specimen 25 mm. long, badly mutilated and in a poor state
of preservation was taken in seaweed between tide-marks. Two other
species were taken from a similar location, but I have not identified
them yet.
Phyllodocidæ
Three unidentified kinds inhabiting seaweed tangles and holdfasts are
in the collection.
Euphrosynidæ
_Euphrosyne aurantiaca_ Johnson.
Nereidæ
Are common in the atokous state, and one "heteronereid" was brought
in from an unknown location.
_Nereis agassizi_ Ehlers.
Specimens which agree closely with figures by Johnson are found very
abundantly in seaweed tangles.
_Nereis virens_ Sars.
A single specimen was taken in wave-washed sand three miles south of
the Laboratory.
There is another species, resembling _Nereis procera_ which I have
not yet identified.
Two specimens of this beautifully brilliant orange annelid were taken
on holdfasts.
Eunicidæ
I found few of these, but such as I did find were in burrows in a
soft shale ledge or in sand under large stones.
Lumbriconereidæ
_Lumbriconereis erecta_ (?) Moore.
I am not sure of this determination. The setæ are identical, but the
parapodia are not quite the same as those figured by Moore. The worm
is very abundant in the sand under large stones. One or two similar
species are common in seaweed and under mussels.
Glyceridæ
Two species of this family were found in the sand under large stones.
_Hemipodia borealis_ Johnson.
Found under a large rock, buried in the sand. One very large and
active glycerid was found in the same locality. I have not identified
it.
Cirratulidæ
Found in the roots of eel-grass, in holes in a soft shale ledge or in
the sand under large stones.
_Cirratulus robustus_ Johnson.
_Cirratulus spirabranchus_ Moore.
Found in abundance in the above places.
Terrebellidæ
Found with the _Cirratulidæ_.
_Schmardanella californica_ Moore.
Is very abundant in the matted roots of "eel-grass."
Two other forms are quite abundant wherever _Cirratulus_ is found.
Maldanidæ
Found on holdfasts.
_Clymenella rubrocincta_ Johnson.
Fairly common.
Chlorhæmidæ
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