. A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. Worms. 66 ** Littoral. 4. S. lineata, dorsal vessel simple, tortuous; segments about 40; anal segment sinuate. Length 6'". Der rotlie Wurm, MmZZ. Wurm-Arten, 110; der Faden-Wurm, 118. tab. 3. f. 4, 5. Lumbricus lineatus, Mull. Verm. i. ii. 29; Zool. Dan. Prod. no. 2606. Fabric. Faun. Grcenl. 278. Nais littoralis, var., Mull. Zool. Dan. tab. 80. f. 1-4. Saenuris lineata, Grube, Fam. Annel. 103. Hah. In wet gravel or sand on the shore where the water is brackish. Besc. "Worm slende
. A catalogue of the British non-parasitical worms in the collection of the British Museum. Worms. 66 ** Littoral. 4. S. lineata, dorsal vessel simple, tortuous; segments about 40; anal segment sinuate. Length 6'". Der rotlie Wurm, MmZZ. Wurm-Arten, 110; der Faden-Wurm, 118. tab. 3. f. 4, 5. Lumbricus lineatus, Mull. Verm. i. ii. 29; Zool. Dan. Prod. no. 2606. Fabric. Faun. Grcenl. 278. Nais littoralis, var., Mull. Zool. Dan. tab. 80. f. 1-4. Saenuris lineata, Grube, Fam. Annel. 103. Hah. In wet gravel or sand on the shore where the water is brackish. Besc. "Worm slender, slightly narrower at both ends, of a reddish colour to the naked eye, smooth, the sides neatly crenulated. Seg- ments about equal in length to their diameter. Anal segment obtuse, deeply sinuate, mutable in form, for the little prominences which bound the sinus can be expanded or shut at pleasure. Spinets in four series, equidistant, from two to four in each fascicle, short, curved like an italicy, and sharp at the apex. (a) Feme Isles, Northumberland, Dr. Johnston. 4. CLITELLIO*. Clitellio, Savig. Syst. Annel. 104. Gruhe, Fam. Annel. 103. Char. Body filiform, smooth, distinctly annulated, pellucid, with a clitellus on the anterior third, and a pair of mammiform protrusile processes on the venter of one of its segments : head or first segment obtusely conical: mouth inferior: spinets uniform, in four series. Littoral. No. II.—Clitellio arenarius. 24 ". a. "Worm of the natural size. b. Anterior portion magnified. c. A view of the ventral surface of the ninth ring, to show the mammiform process. d. The anal segments. e. Bristles magnified. * Agassiz writes it " Clitellis," and says it was established in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural Hist
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