62 ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS VOL. 25 



Collections. A single specimen comes from the coastal shelf at Gaviota 

 pier, north of Santa Barbara, California, in 48 fms, green silty sand, 

 shell and rock. 



The body is pale and speckled dorsally and ventrally. The everted 

 pharynx is diffusely papillated throughout its length. The median pros- 

 tomial antenna is inserted far back, between the eyes. Tentacular cirri 

 are clavate in shape; dorsal II is the longest and dorsal I the shortest. 

 Dorsal cirri are approximately triangular, longer than wide and diffusely 

 pigmented ; ventral cirri are much smaller and elongate oval in shape. 



This is typically a cold water species and not previously known from 

 southern California. Its geographic distribution includes both Atlantic 

 and Pacific oceans, in shallow or littoral depths. 



Genus Anaitides Czerniavsky, 1882 

 Anaitides nr. multiseriata Rioja, 1941 



Phyllodoce (Anaitides) multiseriata Rioja, 1941, pp. 684-687, pi. 1, 

 figs. 2-6. 



Collections. Many specimens come from southern California, chiefly 

 in shelf depths, from silty sediments. 



This is a small species; length is about 30 mm and width 1.5 mm. 

 The dorsum is checkered with dark pigment. The prostomium is longer 

 than wide and has a nuchal papilla at its posterior margin. The pair of 

 eyes is located on the posterior third of the lobe. The distal half of the 

 everted proboscis is marked with 6 longitudinal rows of large, low 

 mounds, and the basal half has 12 pairs of rows of papillae which nearly 

 cover the surface. 



The specific identity is obscured by the fact that the individuals from 

 southern California have a nuchal papilla, whereas the original account, 

 based on a specimen from western Mexico, noted the absence of such a 

 papilla. The species is known only from western Mexico and southern 

 California. 



Phyllodoce sp. 



Collections. VELERO IV Sta. 4768, off San Mateo Point, California, 

 in 20 fms, green silt; Sta. 5111, off Point Hueneme, in 15 fms, gray 

 sand; off Hyperion, in 17 fms, black sand; all from southern California 

 in shallow depths below intertidal levels. 



These specimens are uniformly small, measuring hardly 10 mm long. 

 The body is transversely striped with black bands across the segments 



