Paranaitis speciosa (Webster, 1880) 



Paraiiaitis speciosa. - Pettibone, 1963a: 75, 

 Fig. 17 a. 



Records. — One small specimen from 20 m 

 off Beaufort (*). 



Distrihiitioti. — Maine to Chesapeake Bay; in- 

 tertidal to 183 m. 



Phyllodoce (Nereiphylla) fragilis Webster, 1879 



Pliyllodicc [sic] /ra(7///.s Webster, 1879: 14, pi. 3: 



Fig. 32-37. 

 Pluillodocefnifjills. - Hartman. 1942b: 111. 

 Nereipln/Un fragilis. - Hartman, 1945: 14, pi. 2: 



Fig. 1-4. 

 [N'oh] Nereiphnllafrai/ili-^. - Hartman. 1951: 34. 



R(i)iarks. — According to Bergstrom (1914: 

 102),M'r<'/p/ii///aBlainvilleandGt'He^!///;sMalm- 

 gi-en are very similar, the main distinction being 

 that in Nereiphylla the dorsal tentacular cirri 

 of segments 2 and 3 are not rounded in section 

 as they are in Goietyllis but definitely flattened 

 so as to form slender lancetlike blades. When 

 describing Pit. (Nereiphylla) fragilis, neither 

 Webster nor Hartman mention that any of the 

 tentacular cirri are flattened and give the im- 

 pression that they are cirriform. While I do 

 not feel that this character, which may be due 

 to the method of preservation, is worthy of 

 generic status, I feel that further changes in 

 the name should be avoided until fresh or 

 pi'eferably living specimens are examined. 



Rf cords. — Many records from the shore to 

 40 m between Cape Hatteras and South Carolina 

 (3,5. 11, 14, 15, 18. 19.20). 



Distribxtiou. — Virginia to South Carolina; in- 

 tertidal to 40 m. 



Remarks. — As noted above, Genetyllis has 

 cylindrical tapered tentacular cirri. In compari- 

 son with the closely related Ph. (N.) fragilis, 

 Ph. (G.) eastanea has a shorter, broader body 

 which is orange, not yellowish green and the 

 dorsal cirri are red. The tentacular cirri are 

 shorter and stouter and the dorsal cirri, though 

 cordate, are more pointed. Possibly the record 

 by Hartman (1951) oi' No'eiphylla fragilis from 

 Florida and the Gulf of Mexico with clavate to 

 cirriform tentacular cirri and dorsal cirri deep 

 purple when preserved should be referred to 

 Ph. (G.) casta)U'a. 



Records. — Two specimens from coral in 20 m 

 off Beaufort (*). 



Distributio)!. — In warm and tropical waters 

 of all oceans; intertidal to 30 m. 



Phyllodoce (Anaitides) mucosa Oersted, 184.'] 



Pliyllodoce (Anaitides) mucosa. - Fauvel, 1923: 

 152, Fig. 54 a-e. - Pettibone, 1963a: 81, 

 Fig. 18 f-g. 



Anaitides niiicn.-^a. -Hartman, 1968: 235, Fig. 1,2. 



Note. — The eight specimens from Beaufort 

 are all juveniles less than 30 mm long. They 

 agree with the descriptions of Fauvel and Petti- 

 bone in all respects except that the papillae 

 at the base of the proboscis are more numerous 

 with approximately 10 irregular rows on each 

 side instead of 6. 



Records. — Off Beaufoil and North Carolina 

 in 80-160 m (*). 



Dist)-ibiiti()ii. — Arctic and the North Atlantic 

 from Denmark to West Africa and Hudson Bay 

 to Mexico; California; intertidal to 400 m. 



Phyllodoce (Anaitides) groenlandica 

 Oersted, 1843 



Phyllodoce (Genetyllis) eastanea 

 (Marenzeller, 1879) 



Genetyllis castoiea. - Bergstrom, 1914: 158, 

 Fig. 53. - Hartman, 1968: 281, Fig. 1, 2. 



[?) Nereiphylla fragilix. - Hartman, 1951: 34. 



Phyllodoce (G( ix ti/llis) eastanea. - Day, 1967: 

 149 (»o» Fig. 5.3. d). 



Pliyllodoce (Anaitides) groeiiluiidica. - Fauvel, 

 1923; 153. Fig. 54 f-i. - Pettibone, 1963a; 

 80, Fig. 18 e. 



Records. — Off North Carolina; intertidal to 

 1,585 m (17). 



Distribution. — Arctic; North Atlantic from 

 Norway to the Knglish Channel and HiuLson 



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