Records. — Eight specimens from 40 m off 

 Beaufort (*). 



Distribution. — Florida and Mexico (Vera- 

 cruz) to the West Indies; on shallow reefs. 



Nereis (Nereis) falsa Quatrefages, 1865 



Nereis falsa. - Fauvel, 1923: 337, Fig. 129 e-m. - 

 Day, 1967: 317, Fig. 14.7 k-o (with syn- 

 onymy). 



Nereis pelagica occideiitalis Hartman, 1945: 

 20, pi. 4: Fig. 1-6; 1951: 46. 



Nereis occi(le)italis. - McCloskey, 1970: 26. 



Rieords. — Sounds and shallow reefs in 7 m 

 near Beaufort (5, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, *). 



Distribution. — Warm and tropical Atlantic 

 from France to West Africa and North Carolina 

 to the Gulf of Mexico; Mediterranean; South 

 Africa to Madagascar; intertidal to 30 m. 



Nereis (Neanthes) succinea 

 Frey and Leuckart. 1847 



Neautltes siicci)iea. - Hartman, 1945: 17, pi. 3: 



Fig. 1-2; 1968: 529, Fig. 1-5. 

 Nereis (Neanthes) siieeiiieu. - Pettibone, 1963a: 



165, Fig. 44 a-e, 45 a-d. - Day, 1967: 321, 



Fig. 14.9. a-e. 



Records. — Common on the shores of Beaufort 

 Sound and offshore in 6.5-40 m (3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 

 15, 17, 18, 19,20,21, *). 



Distribi(ti())i. — Atlantic from the North Sea 

 to South Africa and Massachusetts to Uraguay; 

 Pacific Ocean from California to Panama; Indian 

 Ocean from Cape Point to Natal; estuarine and 

 intertidal to 40 m. 



Nereis (Neanthes) acuminata Ehlers, 1868 



Nereis (Neantiies) caiidata. - Fauvel, 1923: 347, 



Fig. 135 a-e. - Day, 1967: 321, Fig. 14.9. f-j. - 



Hartman, 1968: 525, Fig. 1-5. 

 Neri'is arenacendentata Moore, 1903: 729, pi. 



40: Fig. 1-10. - Pettibone, 1963a: 162, Fig. 



44 i, 45 e. 



Remarks. — Pettibone (1963a) states that 

 Nereis caiidata Delle Chiaje is a homonym. The 

 next available name is Nereis aciimi)iata Ehlers. 



Reroi'ds. — Seven specimens from 40 to 80 m 

 off Beaufort (*). 



Distribiitidii. — North Atlantic from the Eng- 

 lish Channel to Spain and Massachusetts to 

 Florida; Mediterranean; South Africa; south- 

 ern California to Mexico; southern Australia, 

 Tasmania, and New Zealand ; intertidal to 100 m. 



FAMILY NEPHTYIDAE 



Key to subgenera and species of Nephtys 



1 Interramal gills long and involute, curving downwards, then 



inwards 2 



1' Interramal gills short and revolute, curving downwards, then 



outwards (subgenus Nephtijs) 4 



1" No interramal gills (subgenus Mici'oiieplithys) No N.C. record 



2 No proboscideal papillae. No ventral cirrus (subgenus Iner- 



monephtijs). [Dorsal cirri very long] A^. (I.) iiierniis 



2' Proboscideal papillae and ventral cirri present (subgenus 



Aglaoplianins). [Forked setae present] 3 



3 Eyes present. Dorsal cirri digitiform. Neuropodium with a 



straplike superior lamella and broad postsetal one N. (A.) cerrilli 



3' Eyes absent. Dorsal cirri flattened. Neuropodium without a 

 straplike superior lamella, only a large ligulate postsetal 

 one A^. (A.) circiiiata 



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