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Material examined. — Numerous specimens from off Martha's 

 Vineyard, Massachusetts (40°34' N., 69°50' W.) to west of Puerto 

 Rico (18°17' N., 67°24' W.), 32 to 600 fathoms. 



Distribution. — Iceland, Norway, off Shetlands, Denmark Strait to 

 France, Azores, Mediterranean, off Massachusetts to off Florida, 

 West Indies, Gulf of Alexico, Indian Ocean, West and South Africa. 

 In 1 to 832 fathoms. 



Eunice pennata (O. F. Miiller, 1776) 



Figure 63e 



Leodice vivida Verrill, in Smith, Harger, and Verrill, 1874, pp. 11, 16, 20, 41, pi. 5, 

 fig. 5.— Verrill, 1881, pp. 290, 297, 304, 308, 311; 1885a, p. 524. 



Leodice benedicti Verrill, 1885b, p. 427. 



Eunice pennata Fauvel, 1923, p. 400, fig. 156,;i-o; 1957b, p. 214.— Wesenberg- 

 Lund, 1950a, p. 25; 1950b, p. 66; 1951, p. 52.— Clark, 1960, p. 22.— Day, 1960, 

 p. 334.— Eliason, 1962, p. 253. 



Eunice benedicti Hartman, 1942b, p. 52, figs. 88-90; 1944a, p. 339, pi. 23, fig. 5. 



Eunice vivida Hartman, 1944a, p. 339, pi. 17, fig. 18. 



Eunice norvegica Hartman, 1956, pp. 252, 268, 283. — Not Linne, 1767. 



Description. — Length up to 150 mm., width up to 8 mm., seg" 

 ments numerous. Prostomium with occipital antennae distinctly an" 

 nulated, at least near tips (fig. 63e). First tentacular segment 2 to 3 

 times longer than the following. Branchiae begin usually on setiger 3 

 (3-5), continuing to about setiger 40 (30-46), leaving the middle and 

 posterior parts of the body without branchiae. Branchiae where best 

 developed extend beyond the dorsal cirri, pectinately branched, with 

 usually up to 16 (8-22) filaments per branchia. Parapodial acic- 

 ula and acicular setae yellow. 



I^Iaxillae of proboscis light brown, with teeth and borders darker; 

 maxillae ii each with 6-10 teeth; right maxilla iii with 8-12 teeth; 

 left maxilla iii missing; maxilla iv with 3-8 (right) and 8-11 (left) 

 teeth; maxillae v small squarish plates; maxillae vi missing. Color, 

 in alcohol: more or less uniformly yellowish brown. Tube: cylin- 

 drical, irregular, thin, with parchmentlike base and rather sparse 

 and irregularly arranged foreign materials, as pebbles, rocks, shell 

 fragments, foraminiferans, and debris. Young specimen of about 34 

 setigers had the prostomium rounded or only slightl}^ indented; 

 branchiae began on setiger 3, up to 3-6 filaments per branchia. 



Biology. — Dredged on bottoms of mud, sand, globigerina ooze, peb- 

 bles, rocks, gravel, and various combinations of sand, mud, clay, 

 gravel, stones, pebbles, broken shells, and coral. They may be associ- 

 ated with corals, along with Eunice norvegica. Their parchmentlike 

 tubes are most frequently attached to stones and empty shells. 



