NO. 1 hartman: goniadidae, glyceridae, nephtyidae 75 



It occurs in intertidal waters to 172 fms. It is further recorded from 

 New Zealand (Augener, 1927b, p. 351) and south Australia (Augener, 

 1922, p. 29). 



Glycera gigantea Quatrefages 



Quatrefages, 1866, p. 183; Fauvel, 1923, pp. 387-388, fig. 152; Monro, 



1928, p. 83; Berkeley, 1941, p. 34; Berkeley, 1942, p. 193. 



G. sagittariae Mcintosh, 1885, p. 347; not Treadwell, 1906, p. 1174. 



Collection. — Plymouth, England ( 1 ) . 



Other material examined. — Type specimen of G. sagittariae Mc- 

 intosh, at the British Museum, London, England. 



The large, retractile vescicles on anterior face of parapodia are 

 especially conspicuous when everted, but also readily observed as pores 

 when retracted, based on materials examined. Such was not the case 

 for specimens from Vancouver Island, Canada (Berkeley, 1942, p. 193). 



The type specimen of G. sagittariae Mcintosh (1885,p. 347) is 

 90 mm long and has over 190 segments. The prostomium has 13 or 

 more rings. The proboscis has only soft organs; most are elongate but 

 a few are globular. The aileron of the jaws has a single prolongation. 

 Parapodial lobes consist of 2 presetal and 2 postsetal parts, the presetal 

 ones much the longer. Branchiae are large, vesicular, retractile and 

 present at least from segment 28. They emerge from the middle of the 

 anterior parapodial surface. In the middle body region some are long, 

 exceeding the other parapodial lobes in length; most are shorter and 

 spherical; these differences may be the result of fixation. This specimen 

 is clearly referable to G. gigantea Quatrefages. Its type locality was said 

 to be Arrou Islands (Mcintosh, 1885, p. 347) but off Tetuaroa Islands, 

 South Pacific, (loc. cit., p. xxviii). 



G. sagittariae Treadwell (1906, p. 1174) from Hawaii, is here 

 referred to G. tesselata Grube; G. sagittariae Fauvel (1932a, p. 127) 

 from the Madras coast, may also be G. tesselata Grube, as Fauvel also 

 surmissed. 



Distribution. — G. gigantea Quatrefages is known from Europe, and 

 in the Western Hemisphere it is recorded from Tortola, Panama in 

 3-5 fms (Monro, 1928); southern California (Berkeley, 1941) and 

 British Columbia, Canada in 70 meters (Berkeley, 1942). 



