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Figure 61. — Dorvilleidae, Stauronereis caecus: a, dorsal view anterior end; h, dorsal view 

 posterior end; c, middle parapodium; d, forked seta from upper group neurosetae (after 

 Webster and Benedict, 1884). 



37 fathoms, 1957, R. Wigley; Stony Beach, Woods Hole; Vineyard 

 Sound and Cape Cod Bay, 10-20 fathoms; Buzzards Bay, 10 fathoms, 

 H. Sanders). 



Distribution.^ — ^Gulf of St. Lawrence to Massachusetts, north 

 Japan Sea. Low water to 85 fathoms. 



Family Eunicidae (=Leodicidae) 



Body elongate, cyhndrical, somewhat flattened and tapered pos- 

 teriorly. Prostomium (fig. 62a) short, thick; with 1, 3, or 5 occipital 

 antennae without distinct ceratophores; without frontal antennae; 

 with stout, globular palps fused to the prostomium and indicated by 

 a deep median groove ventrally; with usually 2 eyes (rarely 4). 

 First 2 tentacular segments apodous and achaetous, with or without 

 a pair of tentacular cirri inserted dorsally on the second one (fig. 63e). 

 Parapodia essentially uniramous. Notopodia may be represented by 

 a few acicula in the bases of the dorsal cirri. Neuropodia with setae 

 of several kinds, simple setae with fine tips (fig. 62e), compound setae 



