Excerpt from The Polychætous Annelids Dredged by the U. S. S. "Albatross" Off the Coast of Southern California in 1904: I. Syllidæ, Sphærodoridæ, Hesionidæ and PhyllodocidæThe chitinous lining of the pharynx terminates in a thickened, some what crenulated border, behind which is a circle of soft papillae and dorsally a large, blunt, conical tooth. In the retracted state the tooth lies in somite III, the gizzard in XI - XXVII, the oesophageal loop in XVIII and the caeca in XVII and XVIII.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.