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FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



Genus PHASCOLOSOMA Leuckart 

 (Physcosoma Selenka) 



Phascolosoma various Keferstein. 



Gerould, pp. 419-420, pi. 62, fig. 18. 



According to Gerould, this species is abundant 

 in the Key West-Tort ugas vicinity, and is also 

 found on the southern coast of Florida. It occurs 

 at Bermuda, Bahamas, and "among the West 

 Indies," and at Ascension Island. 



Phascolosoma anlillarum Grube and Oersted. 

 Gerould, pp. 420-421, pi. 62, figs. 19-20. 



Found at Key West in cavities in rocks, this 

 species evidently occurs throughout the West 

 Indian-Caribbean area, and has been taken on 

 the Pacific side at Costa Rica, and on the coast of 

 ChUe. 



Genus ASPIDOSIPHON Grube 



Aspidosiphon speciosus Gerould. 



Gerould, pp. 426-427, fig. 16, pi. 62, fig. 22. 



Described from 3 specimens, 1 (the type) from 

 Key West, another off Havana in 157 fathoms, and 

 the third off the Brazilian coast at about 7° S in 

 20 fathoms. 



Genus SIPUNCULUS Linnaeus 



Sipunculus nudus Linnaeus. 

 Gerould, p. 428. 



A widely distributed, cosmopolitan species, 

 reported from Key West by Gerould (a single 

 specimen). 



Siprinculus polymyotus Fisher. 



Fisher, pp. 354-358, fig. 54, pi. 10. 



The species is based on two specimens from 

 Key West. Another was collected off Long Bay, 

 South Carolina. 



Genus SIPHONOSOMA Spengel 



Siphonosoma cumanense (Keferstein). 

 Gerould, pp. 432-435, pi. 60, fig. 14. 



This species occurs in Oyster Bay, Florida, 

 among oyster shells, and at Key West from sand 

 along shore. It is also known from Venezuela 

 and the West Indies. 



Genus SIPHONOMECUS Fisher 



Siphonomecus multicindus Fisher. 

 Fisher, pp. 363-366, pi. 13. 



Known from a single specimen collected at 

 Key West. 



LITERATURE CITED 



Fisher, W. K. 



1947. New genera and species of echiuroid and sipuncu- 

 loid worms. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 97: 351-372. 

 pis. 8-15. 

 1950. The sipiinculid genus Phascolosoma. Ann. & 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. (12) 3 (30): 547-552. 

 Gerould, J. H. 



1913. The sipuneulids of the eastern coast of North 

 Amsrica, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 44: 373-437, 16 

 figs., pis. 58-62. 

 Pearse, A. S., and Wharton, G. W. 



1938. The oyster "leech," Slylochus inimicus Palombi, 

 associated with oysters on the coasts of Florida. 

 Ecol. Monogr. 8: 605-655, 37 figs. 



