. Animals of the seashore. Marine animals -- Atlantic Coast. VERMES 131 Polycirrus eximius Leidy Fig. 21 A small red worm, usually less than one inch, with long crowded tentacles extending in every di- rection. Lives in sand near low water mark. New England and Fig. 21 Polycirrus eximius Leidy Chaetopterus pergamentaceus Cuvier A short stout worm with the anterior (head) region much flattened; the middle region is composed of one segment bearing large -wing-like parapodia and four swollen segments; highly luminous. The worm lives in a U-shaped parchment-like tube up to two feet in
. Animals of the seashore. Marine animals -- Atlantic Coast. VERMES 131 Polycirrus eximius Leidy Fig. 21 A small red worm, usually less than one inch, with long crowded tentacles extending in every di- rection. Lives in sand near low water mark. New England and Fig. 21 Polycirrus eximius Leidy Chaetopterus pergamentaceus Cuvier A short stout worm with the anterior (head) region much flattened; the middle region is composed of one segment bearing large -wing-like parapodia and four swollen segments; highly luminous. The worm lives in a U-shaped parchment-like tube up to two feet in length, which is buried in the sand or mud. Known from Cape Cod to North 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 Richards, Horace Gardiner, 1906-. Boston, B. Humphries, inc
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