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Family: TEREBELLIDAE 



Genus: THELEPUS Leuckart 



Thelepus plagiostoma Schmarda 



Type: This was collected in New Zealand and is deposited 

 in the Zoological Museum in Leipzig. 



Distribution : This species is known from the tropic and sub- 

 tropic littoral zone of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, being known 

 from the Indian Ocean, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Chile and 

 California. The "Alva" specimen from the Queensland coast adds 

 another station for this interesting Polychaete. 



Material examined : One specimen, collected on the shores 

 of Falcon Island, Palm Island, Queensland, October 7, 1931, by 

 the "Alva." 



