. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. PHYLLODOCIDAE 73 Remarks. This is an example of Benham's species from the Ross Sea. It has an orange stripe down the middle of the back. The differences in the length of the dorsal cirri of the three tentacular segments is not so great as Benham indicates. Otherwise this specimen corresponds in detail to Benham's description and figures. I have only one specimen, and I cannot without damaging it ascertain the tentacular formula. Phyllodoce oculata, Ehlers. Ehlers, 18S7, p. 135, pi. xl, figs. 4-6. Anaitides oculata, Bergstrom, 1914,
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. PHYLLODOCIDAE 73 Remarks. This is an example of Benham's species from the Ross Sea. It has an orange stripe down the middle of the back. The differences in the length of the dorsal cirri of the three tentacular segments is not so great as Benham indicates. Otherwise this specimen corresponds in detail to Benham's description and figures. I have only one specimen, and I cannot without damaging it ascertain the tentacular formula. Phyllodoce oculata, Ehlers. Ehlers, 18S7, p. 135, pi. xl, figs. 4-6. Anaitides oculata, Bergstrom, 1914, p. 144, text-fig. 44. Augener, 1918, p. 169. St. I. 16. xi. 25. Clarence Bay, Ascension Island. 7° 55' 15" S, 14° 25' 00" W. 16-27 â "⢠Gear NRM. Bottom: coral, sand and shell. One specimen. St. 4. 30. i. 26. Tristan da Cunha. 36° 55' S, 12° 12' W. 40 m. Gear LH. Two specimens. St. 283. 14. viii. 27. Ofl^ Annobon, Gulf of Guinea. -75 to i mile N 12° E of Pyramid Rock, Annobon. 18-30 m. Gear DLH. Two specimens. Remarks. The head is rather long, equalling in length the first six segments. The first tenta- cular segment is incomplete dorsally, and the longest tentacular cirrus, when laid along the back, reaches to the 9th segment and not to the 14th, as in Ehlers' description. There are twelve rows of papillae with nine in each row. At both ends of the body the dorsal cirri are considerably narrower and more symmetrical than they are in the middle of the body (Fig. 20); also the anterior ventral cirri are shorter and less pointed than they are in the rest of the body. The colour is a pale yellow without markings, but in one of the specimens the ventral surface of the posterior two-thirds of the body is a dull green. The range from the West Indies to Tristan da Cunha is a long one, but I cannot discover any differences of specific value between these specimens and those described from the former locality. Phyllodoce longipes, Kinberg. Kinberg, 186
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