History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

Montagua. MOLLUSCA. BRANCHIFERA. 285Gen. XXXIX. MONTAGUA. — Branchiae in continuousrows across the back ;a cluster of short papillaeon theright side.145. M. longicornis.— Anterior tentacula filiform, produced,superior ones short ; branchiae linear.Doris long. Mont. Linn. Trans, ix. 107«— t. vii. f. i. Coast of Devon.Length half an inch ; body slender, acuminated behind, of a yellowishwhite,tinged with pink ; eyes 2, at the base of the superior tentacula. Thecluster of papilla? near the eyes ; branchiae, in four transverse rows, pink,spotted with white.146. M. cceruUa.— Tentacula linear, nearlyof equal length;branchiae ovate.Doris coer. Mont. Linn. Trans, ix. 78. t. vii. f.4,5—Coast of Devon.Length a quarter of an inch ;of a green colour ; the eyes at the base ofthe superior tentacula. Papillae two, oval, of a pink colour, placed betweenthe second and third row of branchiae, and a little inclining to one side ;branchiae in 5 or 6 rows, green at the bast, blue in the middle, and orange atthe tip ; body of a linear form.Gen. XL. EOLIDA.— Branchiae interrupted on the back.147. E. papillosa.— Sides thickly covered with subulatebranchiae.Doris, Baster. Op. Sub. i. 81. t. x. 1—Limax f. papillosus, Linn. Syst. i.1082 Purple Doris, Cordiner, Rem. Ruins, No. xxi. f. d—Dor. pa-Mull. Zool. Dan. t. cxlix. f. 1-4. Mont. Linn. Trans, xi. 16. t. iv.pil.f. 3 D. vermigera, Turton, Brit. Fauna, 133— Common, among seaweeds,near low water.Length nearly 3 inches, of a brownish colour, tinged with purple. Tentaculalinear, the lower ones smooth, the upper ones annulated. The branchiaeappear to be disposed obliquely in rows, containing about ten in each ;they cease before reaching the retral extremity.148. E. plumosa.— A single row of simplelinear branchiaeon each side.Tritonia plumosa, Flem. Edin. Encyc xiv. G19.—In Zetland.Length about half an inch. The superior tentacula pinnated towards thedextral extremity the front ones ;simple.149. E. pedata.— Branchia collected in four tufts on eachside. Tentacula subclavate, wrinkled.Doris ped. Mont. Linn. Trans, xi. 197. t. xiv. f. 2—Coast of Devon.Length half an inch, body slender, acuminated, of a pink colour. Theeyes behind the superior tentacula. Branchiae inclining to a scarlet colour,filiform, numerous in each tuft. Foot with a lateral fleshy expansion oneach side.150. E. purpurascens.— Five bundles of branchiae on eachside. Tentacula linear.