number of teeth varies from anterior to poste- 

 rior feet and all other characters agree with 

 E. dispar. It is suspected that E. lourei Berkeley 

 is another synonym of £". dispar. 



Records. — Common on sand and coral from 

 low tide to 20 m off North Carolina (3, 5, 11. 

 13,21. *). 



Distribution. — Maine to Florida; Alaska to 

 the Pacific coast of Mexico; South Japan; South 

 Africa; intertidal to 130 m. 



Exogone verugera (Claparede, 1868) 



E.roc/oiie verugera. - Fauvel, 1923: Fig. 117 

 m-r. - Pettibone, 1963a: 129, Fig. 31 a-d. - 

 Imajima, 1966a: 399, Fig. 3 a-h. - Day, 

 1967: 272, Fig. 12.10. g-1. - Hartman, 1968: 

 429, Fig. 1-4. 



Records. — Three specimens in 10-20 m off 

 Beaufort (*). 



Distribi(tio)>. — Cosmopolitan in temperate 

 seas; intertidal to 1.50 m. 



Sphaerosyllis fortuifa Webster. 1879 



Spliaerosyllis fortiiila Webster, 1879: 221, pi. 

 4: Fig. 44-48. 



Records. — No record from North Carolina. 

 Distribution. — Virginia; in to 10 m. 



Sphaerosgllis pirifera Claparede, 1868 



Spliacrosijllis pirifera. - Fauvel, 1923: 301, Fig. 

 115 1-p. 



Description. — Body 3 mm long with 36 seg- 

 ments. Surface with a few scattered adhesive 

 papillae. Prostomium with fu.sed palps, four 

 eyes and three subequal bottleshaped antennae, 

 the median one inserted between posterior pair 

 of eyes. One pair of tentacular cirri. Dorsal cirri 

 similar to antennae and tentacular cirri and 

 present on all setigers except .second. Setigerous 

 lobes bluntly conical. No sign of internal cap- 

 sules above parapodia. Five compound .setae, all 



with short unidentate blades and, from setiger 

 2 onwards, one superior simple seta with a 

 smooth curved tip. 



Remarks. — The specimen from Beaufort 

 agrees with Fauvel's description except that 

 the palps are shorter and the dorsal cirri are 

 smaller than the setigerous lobes. 



Records. — One specimen from 20 m off Beau- 

 fort (*). This is a new record for the Atlantic 

 coast of the United States. 



Distribution. — Mediterranean; British Co- 

 lumbia to southern California; 0-10 m. 



Eiirysgllis tuberculata Ehlers. 1864 



Eurysyllis tuberculata. 

 Fig. 101 i-o. 



Fauvel, 1923: 271, 



Description. — Body 3 mm long with about 

 50 segments. Dorsum flattened and covered 

 with six rows of globular papillae, the outer- 

 most pair on each segment representing dorsal 

 cirri. Prostomium broader than long with three 

 globular antennae and four eyes. Palps bent 

 and united basally forming a hood in front of 

 mouth. Peristome with two globular papillae 

 and two pairs of globular tentacular cirri. 

 Pharynx with a trepan of 10 marginal teeth 

 plus a dor.sal tooth. Proventriculus globular. 

 Parapodia each with a globular dorsal cirrus 

 and a short ventral cirrus separated from the 

 blunt setigerous lobe (not fused to it, as stated 

 by Fauvel). Setae compound and falcigerous 

 with unidentate blades of medium length; acic- 

 uIm with swollen ends. 



Records. — One specimen off Beaufort in 40 

 m (*). This is a new record for the United States. 



Disti-iliiition. — Mediterranean; Madeira: En- 

 glish Channel; intertidal to a few meters. 



Bronia piisilla (Dujardin, 1839) 



Grubca pnsilhi. - Fauvel, 1923: 299, Fig. 115 a-f. 

 Brania pusilla. - Day, 1967: 267, Fig. 12.9. d-f. 



Records. — Abundant on corals off Beaufort, 

 in 6.5-18 m (20). 



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