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Euphrosine paucibranchiata is distinguished from other species of 

 the genus by having bifurcated setae serrated along the inner edge; 

 branchiae are unusually poorly developed. The species has been recovered 

 only in Santa Cruz Basin in 950 fms. 



Family PHYLLODOCIDAE 



Genus ANAITIDES Czerniavsky, 1882 

 Anaitides sp. 



An individual from Santa Catalina Basin was removed from an 

 onuphid tube; it has thick, rust-colored dorsal and ventral cirri. The 

 dorsum has a pair of dark longitudinal lines, within the parapodial bases. 

 It lacks head end and cannot be identified to species. 



Genus EUMIDA Malmgren, 1865 



Eumida tubiformis Moore, 1909 

 Moore, 1909, pp. 342-344, pi. 16, figs. 22, 23. 



This species was originally described from San Nicolas Basin. It is 

 small, brown to pale yellow, and usually has irregularly scattered dark 

 spots over the dorsum. It has been recovered from slope depths off 

 Santa Catalina Island (unpublished) and may be typically a deep water 

 species. 



Eumida spp. 



A small specimen, only a few mm long, was taken from Santa Cruz 

 Basin ; it was lodged in a sandy maldanid tube. The pharynx is fully 

 everted; it is smooth except for a short subdistal part which is prickly, 

 and the terminal end is surrounded by a circlet of 16 papillae. The 

 prostomium has 4 short cirriform antennae and a larger median one in 

 postmedian insertion; there are no eyes. Dorsal cirri are dark brown, 

 long lanceolate in shape and about 3 times as long as wide. The 2 anal 

 cirri are long and slender. These characteristics may be those of an 

 unknown species. 



Another specimen comes from Tanner Basin. It lacks prostomial 

 eyes. A median antenna is inserted near the posterior prostomial margin. 

 Dorsal cirri are thick, suboval and darker than the dusky yellow body. 



A third specimen was taken from the Patton escarpment; it was 

 deep yellow in color and very fragmented. Its generic status may be 

 questioned. 



