EO L IS AFGULA.TA,
EOLIS ANGULATA, Alder and Hancock.
E. subangulata, depressa, pallide aurantiaca: branchiis cylindricis, aurantiacis, albo raaculatis;
tentaculis brevibus; angulis pedis acutis.
Eolis angulata, Aid. and Hanc. in Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 13, p. 165.
Hab. On a stone from the fishing boats, Cullercoats.
Body about four lines long, depressed, subangulated, broad in front, and terminating
rather abruptly behind, of a pale pellucid orange colour. Dorsal tentacles short, conical,
obtuse, orange tipped with white; set a little apart and only slightly inclined forwards.
Oral tentacles rather longer than the dorsal ones, nearly linear, rather obtuse, the lower
portion transparent, the rest of an opake white. The eyes are very large, and placed a little
behind the dorsal tentacles. Branchia cylindrical, rather long, slightly elliptical, obtusely
pointed, orange-coloured with white apices; the surface covered with opake white blotches.
The central vessel is slightly granular and nearly fills the sheath, except at the top, the
points extending considerably beyond it. They are arranged along the sides in ten or
twelve close-set, but well-defined, rows of four or five papillae each, leaving a broad space on
the back. Foot broad, transparent, and delicately tinged with orange. It extends only a
short way beyond the branchiae behind, where it suddenly tapers to a fine point: it is broad
in front and produced into lengthened angles at the sides.
A single specimen of this species was obtained from a stone brought in by the fishermen
at Cullercoats, probably from deepish water. It lived several days, and moved about with
much ease and rapidity, swimming at the surface of the water much more quickly than
usual.
Fig. 1, 2, 3. Eolis angulata, different views.
4. Two of the papillae more highly magnified.