NO. 1 hartman: goniadidae, glyceridae, nephtyidae 15 



A synoptic review of the genus Goniada is given by Pratt (1901a, 

 pp. 3-11) in partial support for a bipolar theory of the distribution of 

 marine organisms (Pratt, 1901b, pp. 14-15). The list of tropical species 

 as given (loc. cit., p. 6) includes 4 names (G. felicissima, G. virgini, 

 G. pausidens (sic), and G. echinulata) that remain doubtful or in- 

 completely known; another species (G. longicirrata) goes to 

 Ophioglycera, and 2 others (G. congoensis and G. hupferi) may be 

 regarded subspecific. In addition, the foundation for the theory is 

 weakened by the fact that G. norvegica var. falklandica Pratt (loc. cit., 

 pp. 3-6) from the Falkland Islands has its nearest affinities, not with the 

 northern G. norvegica Oersted, but with a form that occurs also off 

 southern South America (see below). 



The checkered distribution of species of Goniada is noteworthy. 

 Some species are known from all major oceans but the majority are 

 from areas that have been most intensively investigated. 



Seven species are recorded from various parts of Europe : G. emerita 

 Audouin and Edwards; G. maculata Oersted, G. norvegica Oersted, 

 G. galaica Rioja, G. pallida Arwidsson, G. felicissima Kinberg and 

 G. bobrezkii Annenkova (from the Black Sea). 



Five species are recorded from the West Indies and Brazil: G. 

 echinulata Grube, G. congoensis quinquelabiata Augener, G. teres 

 Treadwell, G. virgini Kinberg and G. vorax Kinberg. 



Five species are known from various parts of Australia: G. anti- 

 poda Augener, G. australensis Quatrefages, G. grahami Benham, G. 

 maorica Benham and G. tripartita Monro. 



Three species come from the northeast Pacific: G. annulata Moore, 

 G. brunnea Treadwell and G. littorea, new species. 



Three species or subspecies are west African : G. congoensis Grube 

 and subspecies hupferi Arwidsson, and G. multidentata Arwidsson. 



Two species are recorded from Japan : G. japonica Izuka and G. 

 maculata Oersted. Two also come from the Persian Gulf or vicinity: 

 G. multidentata indica Monro and G. maculata Oersted. 



Single species are known from the Strait of Magellan, with G. 

 uncinigera Ehlers (or also G. falklandica, see below), from the Philip- 

 pine Islands, with G. paucidens Grube, from the Red Sea, with G. 

 emerita Audouin and Edwards, and from the Sea of Sevastopol, with 

 G. euxina Jakubova. 



Key to Species of Goniada 



1. Notopodia with slender hairlike setae 2 



1. Notopodia with acicular or rodlike setae 11 



2. Posterior and median neuropodia with 2 presetal lobes (pi. 1, 



