NO. 3 POLYCHAETOUS ANNELIDS 17 



Family Nereidae 



Neanthes succinea (Frey and Leuckart) 



Fauvel, 1923, pp. 346-347, fig. 135 (part). 

 Nereis succinea Monro, 1933, pt. 1, p. 42. 



Collection.— A 2^-?>9 (2). 



Distribution. — East and west coasts of the United States; West In- 

 dies ; both sides of Panama ; intertidal. 



Nereis riisei Grube 



A'', nigripes Ehlers, 1868, pp. 508-510. 



N. bicruciata Augener, 1906, pp. 151-153, pi. 5, figs. 102-104. 



N. glandulata Hoagland, 1919, p. 575, pi. 30, figs. 1-6. 



Collections.— A 2-39 (2) ; A 13-39 (2) ; A 14-39 (11) ; A 15-39 

 (5); A 35-39 (1); A 41-39 (l);A44a-39 (1); A 46-39 (2); A 50-39 

 (1); A 56-39 (l);A-39 (2). 



Distribution. — Subtropical and tropical seas on both sides of the 

 Americas. 



Perinereis anderssoni Kinberg 



Kinberg, 1866, p. 175. 



Nereis bairdii Webster, 1884, pp. 312-313, pi. 8, figs. 22-28. 

 Nereis (Perinereis) melanocephala Mcintosh, 1885, pp. 216-219, pi. 34, 

 figs. 14-17, pi. 16a, figs. 8, 9. 



Collections.— A 16-39 (2) ; A 25-39 (3) ; A 30-39 (5) ; A 50-39 (2). 



The type specimen of P. anderssoni in the Swedish State Museum has 

 been examined and found to agree in all essentials with N. bairdii Web- 

 ster (report in manuscript). Kinberg's name has priority. 



Distribution. — Brazil; West Indian region. 



Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin and Edwards) 



Fauvel, 1923, pp. 359-360, fig. 141. 



Nereis antillensis Mcintosh, 1885, pp. 224-225, pi. 35, figs. 7-9, pi. 36a, 

 figs. 14-16. 



Collections.— A 7-39 (4) ; A 18-39 (many) ; A 25-39 (many) ; A 28- 

 39 (5); A 30-39 (2); A 35-39 (4) ; A 50-39 (1); A 53-39 (about 10). 



Distribution. — Eastern America, from Massachusetts south to Brazil ; 

 central eastern Pacific; western and southern Europe. 



Pseudonereis gallapagensis Kinberg 



Kinberg, 1866, p. 174; 1910, p. 52, pi. 20, fig. 3. 

 Hartman, 1940, p. 231. 



