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different from those of the other 2 specimens which Ehlers used in 

 describing G. eximia, herein referred to Ophioglycera eximia, below. 

 Distribution. — G. falklandica is known from the Falkland Islands 

 in 3 fms, and possibly off Cabo Espiritu Sound, Patagonia (Ehlers, 

 1901). 



? Goniada eximia, sensu Monro, 1937 



Goniada eximia Monro, 1937, p. 285. Not Ehlers, 1901, p. 157, nor 

 Monro, 1936, p. 141, nor Benham, 1909, p. 80. 



A specimen with 252 segments measures 250 mm long and 4 mm 

 wide without parapodia. The proboscis has 18 pairs of chevrons; this 

 is thus a species of Goniada and not the same as G. eximia Ehlers 

 (1901) which goes to Ophioglycera (below). The parapodial change is 

 transitional, between segments 58 and 96. Notosetae are hairlike. 

 Macrognaths have 5 teeth each; micrognaths number about 30 and are 

 arranged in 2 irregular rows. The specimen is incompletely known 

 but its affinities appear to be with the species related to G. maculata 

 Oersted. It is also noteworthy that G. maculata was recorded from the 

 Iranian Gulf by Wesenberg-Lund (1949, pp. 296-297), thus not far 

 from the locality of Monro's specimen. 



Distribution. — G. eximia Monro (1937) is recorded from the 

 North Arabian Sea in 1519-1705 meters. 



Goniada acicula Hartman, revised 

 Plate 4, figs. 2-7 



Hartman, 1940, pp. 252-254, pi. 44, figs. 132-141. 



G. emerita Hartman, 1944b, p. 19. Not Audouin and Edwards, 1834. 



Collection.— 1107-40 (1). 



Individuals from the Gulf of California (Hartman, 1940) and 

 others from tropical west Atlantic (Hartman, 1944b) differ from each 

 other in some details but they are now believed to have less than specific 

 significance. On the whole the first are darker, larger and more robust 

 than the second. In both the body is divided into 3 regions, an anterior 

 uniramous one with about 63 segments (Gulf of California) or only 

 53 segments (Atlantic side). The middle region consists of segments 

 64 to 93 (Gulf of California) or segments 54 to 79 (Atlantic side). 

 The posterior region is abruptly broader than the middle one. Chevrons 

 number 10 to 13 pieces on a side. Micrognaths consist of 13 or 14 

 pieces in the ventral, and 15 to 17 pieces in the dorsal arc. The prostom- 

 ium has 10 rings. 



