no. 1 hartman : polychaetous annelids 131 



Key to Species of Palola 



1. Branchiae absent throughout; maxillary plates with greatly reduced 

 teeth P. edentulum Ehlers 



1. Branchiae present at least in a far posterior region; maxillary 

 plates with a few blunt teeth 2 



2. Maxillary plate II on the right side with a small third denticle, 

 at its distal end P. paloloides, p. 131 



2. Maxillary plate II on the right side with only 2 blunt denticles 

 P. siciliensiSj p. 131 



Palola siciliensis (Grube) 



Eunice leucodon Ehlers, 1901, pp. 128-130, pi. 16, figs. 1-10. 



Leodice cariboea Treadwell, 1921, pp. 47-49, pi. 4, figs. 1-4, figs. 136- 



143. 

 Eunice siciliensis Fauvel, 1923, pp. 405-407, fig. 159; Monro, 1933, p. 

 62. 



Collections.— 62-33 (1); 127-33 (1); 210-34 (1); 217-34 (1); 

 232-34 ( 1 ) ; 239-34 ( 1 ) ; 446-35 ( 1 ) ; 473-35 (2) ; 501-36 ( 1 ) ; 633- 

 37 (1); 634-37 (2); 739-37 (2); 867-38 (1); 970-39 (1); 972-39 

 (4) ; 1049-40 (4) ; 1053-40 (8) ; 1072-40 (1) ; 1091-40 (2) ; 1092-40 

 (2); 1093-40 (1); 1110-40 (2); 1112-40 (2) ; A 41-39 (1); A 50-39 

 (1) ; Caribbean Cruise, 1939 (5). 



Color in life for a specimen from Tobago Island (coll. A 41-39) is 

 as follows: eyes reddish black; dorsal side of body brownish vinaceous 

 and iridescent with a strong purplish hue; dorsal vessel reddish purple; 

 parapodia dark gray; ventral side same as dorsal one. (Noted by Mr. 

 Anker Petersen.) 



Distribution. — Circumtropical. The present records extend in the 

 Pacific from the Gulf of California, south to Colombia, west to the 

 Galapagos, from shore to 18 fms, and in the Caribbean Sea on the 

 Atlantic side. 



Palola paloloides (Moore) 



Eunice (Eriphyle) paloloides Moore, 1909, pp. 246-249, pi. 7, figs. 5-7. 

 Palolo pallidus Hartman, 1938, p. 99, figs. 24-35. 



Collections.— 906-39 (1) ; 909-39 (1) ; 1210-40 (3) ; 1218-40 (2) ; 

 1224-41 (1); 1284-41 (4); 1297-41 (2); 1340-41 (1); 1345-41 (1); 

 1406-41 (1); 1415-41 (1); 1443-41 (4); 1446-42 (2); Ensenada, 

 Rocky Point, Lower California, ( 1 ) . 



