at tip of blade. No cluster of sexual buds below 

 pygidium. 



Records. — Common on coral in 6.5-18 m off 

 Beaufort (20, *). This is a new record for the 

 United States. 



Dixtrlhnt/o)/. — English Channel; Mediterran- 

 ean; Indian Ocean; intertidal to 30 m. 



Syllis (Haplosyllis) spongicola (Grube. 1855) 



Syllii^ (Haplosyllis) spongicola. - Fauvel, 1923: 

 257, Fig. 38 a-h. - Day, 1967: 240, Fig. 12.1. 

 e-i. 



Haplosyllis spi))igicola. - Imajima, 1966d; 220, 

 Fig. 38 a-h. - Hartman, 1968: 433. Fig. 1-4. 



Records. — Common from Cape Hatteras to 

 Beaufort; intertidal to 30 m (5, 11, 13, 15, 18, 

 20, *). 



Distribution. — Cosmopolitan in warm and 

 tropical seas; intertidal to 100 m. 



Syllis gracilis Grube. 1840 



Syllis gracilis. - Fauvel, 1923: 259, Fig. 96 f, i. - 

 Pettibone, 1963a: 116, Fig. 32. - Imajima, 

 1966d: 248, Fig. 49 a-h. 



Syllis (Syllis) gracilis. - Day, 1967: 241, Fig. 

 12.1. m-p. 



Records. — Common from Cape Hatteras to 

 Beaufort; intertidal to 20 m (3, 11. 13, 17. 18, 

 20, *). 



Distrihi(tio)i. — Cosmopolitan in temperate and 

 tropical seas; intertidal to 200 m. 



basally; two pairs of eyes. Antennae and an- 

 terior dorsal cirri with 17-25 distinct joints; 

 posterior dorsal cirri (Figure 4n) with very in- 

 distinct joints. Setae all compound including 

 two or three superior ones with very long taper- 

 ing blades (Figure 4q) and several inferior 

 ones with bidentate blades of normal length 

 (Figure 4o). Po.sterior setae (Figure 4p) with 

 secondary tooth larger than apical one. 



Records. — One specimen from 120 m off 

 Beaufort (*). 



Distrihntio)!. — Eastern Atlantic from Ireland 

 and the Canary Islands to Angola and South 

 Africa; intertidal to 30 m. 



Syllis (Langerhansia) cornuta Rathke, 1843 



Syllis (Ehlersia) cor)uita. - Fauvel, 1923: 267, 



Fig. 100. 

 Sl////.s-corHHfo.- Pettibone. 1963a: 118, Fig.31 i,j. 

 La)igerhausia connita. - Imajima, 1966e: 256, 



Fig. 51 a-o. 

 Syllis ( Laiigerliaiisia) cornuta. - Day. 1967: 244, 



Fig. 12.2. s-u. 



Records. — Common from the Cape Hatteras 

 area to Beaufort ; intertidal to 7 m (11, 17, 18,20). 



Distribution. — Cosmopolitan from the Arctic 

 to the Antarctic; intertidal to over 2,000 m. 



Syllis (Typosyllis) hyalina Grube. 1863 



Syllis (Typosyllis) liyalina.-Fim\-e\. 1923: 262. 



Fig. 98 a, b. - Day, 1967: 246, Fig. 12.2. 



v-x. 

 Typosyllis ////o//(/(/.- Hartman, 1968: 487, Fig. 1- 



3. 



Syllis (Langerhansia) ferrugina 

 Langerhans, 1881 



Figrure 4n-q 



Syllis (Ehlersia) ferrugina. - Fauvel, 1923: 269, 



Fig. 100 k-u. 

 Syllis (Langerhansia) fernigi)ia. - Day, 1967: 



244. Fig. 12.2. o-r." 



Description. — Body about 10 mm long, with- 

 out color markings. Palps large and separate 



Description. — Length 10-35 mm. Prostomium 

 with palps .separate basally; three antennae, 

 two pairs of eyes, and anterior ocular specks. 

 Two pairs of tentacular cirri. Pharynx long with 

 anterior dorsal tooth. Antennae and dorsal cirri 

 distinctly jointed; dorsal cirri short and fusi- 

 form, those of middle segments having about 

 8-15 joints. Setae all compound with obviously 

 bidentate blades. 



Records. — Two specimens from 20 and 160 m 

 off Beaufort (*). 



Distribution. — Cosmopolitan in temperate and 

 tropical seas; intertidal to shallow depths. 



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