. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. LEODICID^E OF THE WEST INDIAN REGION. 21 I have found some with only 6. As Verrill stated, the filaments arise from a short stem, so that the gills are digitate rather than pectinate. There are two pairs of very unequal anal cirri (plate 1, figure 13). The first parapodium (text-figure 31) has very prominent cirri, the dorsal much longer and more slender than the ventral. The setal portion has a straight posterior lip and a rounded anterior one, the latter divided by a notch into a dorsal and a ventral lobe; this is not shown in the figure, whi
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. LEODICID^E OF THE WEST INDIAN REGION. 21 I have found some with only 6. As Verrill stated, the filaments arise from a short stem, so that the gills are digitate rather than pectinate. There are two pairs of very unequal anal cirri (plate 1, figure 13). The first parapodium (text-figure 31) has very prominent cirri, the dorsal much longer and more slender than the ventral. The setal portion has a straight posterior lip and a rounded anterior one, the latter divided by a notch into a dorsal and a ventral lobe; this is not shown in the figure, which is a posterior view. There are two aciculse in the setal lobe, and a tuft of needle aciculse extends into the dorsal cirrus. Later parapodia show very long dorsal cirri, a character which it seems to me led Verrill to describe a single incomplete specimen as a new species, L. tenuicirrata. The tenth parapodium (text-figure 32) shows this long cirrus extending beyond the gills. The ventral cirrus is short and blunt, borne on a heavy base. The setal lobe is rounded and contains a pair of heavy acicute, and the needle aciculse are present in the dorsal cirrus. Later parapodia (text-figure 33, from the middle of the body) show essentially the same form, as far as the setal lobe is concerned, but the cirri are very much reduced in size and a ventral hooked acicula has made its appearance. The simple setse (text-figure 34) are very long and slender, with no indication of a wing; the compound setse (text-figure 35) have the basal portions enlarged at the apex and very finely toothed along their convex surfaces. The terminal joint of each is small with a terminal and a subterminal tooth of about equal size, and is covered by a striated wing. The pectinate setse (text-figure 36) have very slender shafts and 7 or 8 prominent teeth, the terminal tooth at one end being much longer than at the 34 35. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may ha
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