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Eunice lita (Chamberlin) 



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Type: Dr. Chamberlin's type specimen was collected in the 

 Marshall Islands, depth 12 fathoms, and was deposited in the 

 United States National Museum. 



Distribution : This spei^ies appears to be recorded only from 

 the type locality, the Marshall Islands, depth 12 fathoms, the 

 "Alva" specimen from the Society Islands, coral reef, being the 

 second time the species has been reported. 



Material examined : One specimen, taken in coral, Teviatoa 

 Reef, Raiatea Island, Society Islands, August 21, 1931, by the 

 ''Alva." 



Remarks : The present specimen, which has the posterior por- 

 tion broken off, consists of seventy-five somites and is about 35 

 millimeters long, being somewhat twisted and hardened, so that 

 it cannot be more accurately measured. It is well expanded, the 

 tentacles, setae, branchia and other diagnostic characters agree 

 in all essentials with Dr. Chamberlin's description and illustra- 

 tions of his type. 



References : Leodice lita, Chamberlin, R. V., Mem. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., 1919, vol. XLVIII, p. 240, pi. 54, figs. 6-10, pi. 55, figs. 

 1-7. 



Subfamily : Lumbriconereinae 



Genus: LUMBRICONEREIS de Blainville 

 Lumbriconereis latreilli Audouin and Milne Edwards 



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Plate 31 



Type : This was collected in the Chaucey Isles, and Mediter- 

 ranean coast of France and is deposited in the Paris Museum 

 d'Histoire Naturelle. 



Distribution : This annelid is very widely distributed, both 

 in bathymetric and geographic occurrence, having been recorded 

 variously from the littoral zone and also from true deep-sea sta- 

 tions, of the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian 



