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Table 2. Polychaete species in the Delaware Bay region ( maximum number per square meter) and their zoogeographic distribution 



on the northeast coast of the United States. 



[A = Baywide, B = Bay mouth, C = Midbay, D = Oyster beds, E = Intertidal— Cape Henlopen, F = Small bays, G = Bethany Beach, 

 H = Hen and Chickens Shoal, I = OffDelawareBay mouth, J = Midshelfsite; 1 = NE United States ( <200m), 2 = Offshore* >200m), 

 3 = Chesapeake Bay, 4 = North Carolina; * = species at the southern extension of their range; *' = species at the northern extension of 

 their range.] 



Polychaete species 



Ampharetidae: 



Ampharele arclica Malmgren 



Asabellides oculata (Webster) 



Hypaniola florida (Hartman) 



Melinna maculata Webster 

 Amphictenidae (= Pectinariidae): 



Cistena gouldii (Verrlll) 

 Aphrodltidae: 



Aphrodita hastata Moore 

 Arabellidae: 



Arabella iricolor (Montagu) 



Driloneris longa Webster 



D magna Webster and Benedict 

 Capitellidae: 



Capilella capitata (Fabricius) 



Heteromastus fililormls (Claparede) 



Mediomastus ambiseta (Hartman) 

 Chaetopteridae: 



Spiochaetopterus oculatus Webster 

 Cirratulidae; 



Caulleriella spp, 



Chaetozone setosa Malmgren 



Chaetozone spp. 



Cirralulus grandis Verrill 



Cirriformia filigera (Delle Ctiiaje) 



Tharyx acutus Webster and Benedict 



Tharyx sp, 

 Dorvilleidae: 



Protodorvillea gaspeensis Pettibone 



Schistomeringos caeca (Webster 



and Benedict) 



S. rudolphi (Delle Ctiiaje) 

 Eunicidae: 



Marphysa belli (Audouin 



and Milne-Edwards) 



M. sanguinea (Montagu) 

 Flabelligeridae: 



Pherusa affinis (Leidy) 

 Glyceridae; 



Glycera americana Leidy 



G. capitata Oersted 



G. dibranchiata Ehlers 

 Goniadidae: 



Glycinde solitaria (Webster) 



Goniadella gracilis (Verrill) 

 Hesionidae: 



Gyptis vittata Webster and Benedict 



Microphthalmus schzelkowii Mecznikow 



Podarke obscura Verrill 

 Lumbrinendae; 



Lumbnnendes acuta (Verrill) 



Lumbnnens coccinea (Renier) 



L- fragilis (OF Muller) 



L. impatiens (Clapar6de) 



L latrielli (Audouin and Milne-Edwards) 



L. tenuis Verrill 

 Magelonidae: 



Magelona sp A 



Magelona sp B (near riojai) 

 Maldanidae 



Asychis elongata (Verrill) 



Clymenella mucosa (Andrews) 



Clymenella spp. 



C. torquata (Leidy) 



C. zonalis (Verrill) 



Clymenura borealis (Arwidsson) 



Praxillella sp. 

 Neptityidae: 



Aglaophamus circinata Verrill 



Nephtys bucera Etilers 



N. incisa Malmgren 



N. picta Ehlers 



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