Records. — Two specimens from 80 to 120 m 

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

 United States. 



Dist fihiil idii. — Western P^urojje; 5-l,")i) ni. 



Goniadella gracilis (\errill. 1<S7.}) 



Goiiiodclld (p'dcllis. - Hartman, 1950: 42. pi. 5: 

 Fig. 4-8. - Pettibone, 1963a: 220. Fig. 56 

 a-g. - Day. 1967: 368. Fig. 16.4. o-t. 



R( cards. — Off Beaufort in 450 m (*). 



Distrihut'mii. — Massachusetts to Rhode Is- 

 land; Irish Sea; South Africa; intertidal to 

 450 m. 



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

 States. 



Dlstrihiitiini. — Jamaica. 



Goniada maculata Oersted, 1843 



Gdiiiada DiaciiUitii. - Fauvel, 1923: 392, Fig. 

 154 a-g. - Hartman, 1950: 20. pi. 1: Fig. 

 7. 8. - Petlibone. 1963a: 225. Fig. 58. - 

 Day. 1967: 367. Fig. 16.4. k-n. 



R<ct>)-ds. — Twelve specimens off Beaufort in 

 80-1.650 m (21. *). 



Distrili/it ioii. — Cosmopolitan from low tide 

 to 2.000 m. 



Goniada /e?f.s Tread well, 1931 



F^iuui't' "1-11 

 Goniada fens. - Hartman. 1950: 38. 



D< scripiioii. — Body up to 80 mm long, olive 

 green in alcohol with midventral spots on ab- 

 dominal segments. Prostomium long and ta- 

 pered with 10 rings and 2 pairs of minute 

 terminal antennae. Proboscis very long and 

 covered with squat papillae (Figure 71) each 

 with a slit leading to a central pore and a horse- 

 shoe-shaped flange. Ba.se of proboscis with 10 

 chevrons. Jaws include a pair of ventrolatei-al 

 macrognaths. a ventral arc of 5-9 micrognaths 

 and a dorsal arc of 10-15 micrognaths. 



Body divided into an anterior region of 43 

 uniramous segments, 8-9 transitional segments 

 with bilobed notopodia but no notosetae. and a 

 posterior region of numerous biramous seg- 

 ments with notosetae. Sometimes 51 anterior 

 uniramous segments but no transitional seg- 

 ments. Anterior parapodia (Figure 7m) fully 

 developed from 15th segment. Each with a 

 tapered dorsal cirrus, a setigerous trunk bearing 

 two digitiform i)resetal lobes, and a single post- 

 setal lobe and below these a long ventral cirrus. 

 Setae spinigerous with long blades. Posterior 

 parapodia (Figure 7n) with a small bilobed 

 notopodium bearing two or three blunt acicular 

 setae and a neuropodium generally similar to 

 setigerous lobe of anterior feet but with shorter, 

 broader, and more pointed presetal and post- 

 setal lobes. 



Records. — Common off Beaufort in 20-200 m 



Goniada littorea Hartman, 1950 



Goiiiadd Utto)-ea Hartman. 1950: 23. pi. 3: Fig. 

 1-10. 



Reco)-ds. — Common off Beaufort in 3-160 m 

 (21, *). This is the first record from the Atlantic 

 coast of the United States. 



Distribution. — Southern California; intertidal 

 to 160 m. 



Goniada brunnea Treadwell, 1906 



Goniada Ijrnnneu. - Hartman. 1950: 17, pi. 1: 

 Fig. 1-6, pi. 4. Fig. 1, te.\t Fig. 1; 1968: 

 653, Fig. 1-4. - Pettibone. 1963a: 228, Fig. 

 57 a. b. 



Reco)-ds. — From the shore in the Cape Hat- 

 teras area and questionably in 200 m off Beau- 

 fort (18. ? *). 



Distril)ntion. — Massachusetts to North Caro- 

 lina and Alaska to .southern California and 

 Hawaii; intertidal to 1,680 m. 



Goniada norvegica Oersted, 1845 



Goniada norrcgica. - Fauvel, 1923: 393, Fig. 

 155 a-g. - Pettibone, 1963a: 227, Fig. 59. 



Records. — One specimen from 200 m off 

 Beaufort (*). 



Distrilnition. — North Atlantic from Norway 

 to West Africa and Iceland to the West Indies; 

 Mediterranean; from 40 to 900 m. 



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