splits up the many species of the large genus 

 0)llipllis. 



Records. — Beaufort on sheltered shores and 

 dredgings at 200 m (11. *). 



Di.strlbi(ti())i. — Cosmopolitan from 10 m to 

 abyssal depths. 



Oniiphis (Nothria) pallieliila (Hartman. 196.')) 



Notlirld puUidiiUt Hartman. 196.5a: 105. pi. 17: 

 Fig. d-h. 



Ric(i)'(ls. — Common off Beaufort in 10-200 m 

 (21.*). 



Dlstrihiitioii. — New England to northeastern 

 South America from 10 to 805 m. 



Onuphis eremita 

 Audouin and Milne-Edwards. 18.3.3 



Oh II plus I rcniitit. - Fauvel. 192."^: 414, Fig. 16.3. - 

 Hartman, 1944a: 75; 1968: 691, Fig. 1-5. 



Oiiiipl/iK (Oii/ipliis) eirniita. - Pettibone, 196.3a: 

 248, Fig. 65 c. - Day, 1967: 422, Fig. 17.12. 

 1-q. 



Rcriirds. — Common off Beaufort in 3-120 m 

 (21.*). 



Distribution. — Cosmopolitan in temperate and 

 tropical seas on sandy mud from to 120 m. 



Onuphis nebiilosa Moore, 1911 



Oniipliis in'hiilii.^a. - Hartman, 1944a: 75, pi. 4: 

 Fig. 76-85: - 1945: 26: 1968: 699, Fig. 1-6. 



Rt'ciirds. — Common in the sounds and off 

 Beaufort in 20-200 m (11, 21, *). 



Distribution. — California to Panama and Gulf 

 of Mexico and North Carolina fnjm to 200 m. 



Onuphis niicrocephola Hartman, 1944 



Oinipliis niici-oci plidki Hartman, 1944a: 78, pi. 

 3: Fig. 67-75; pi. 18: Fig. .339. 



Ri cords. — Cape Hatteras area and Beaufort, 

 intertidal (11. 18). 



Distribution. — California; Gulf of Me.xico; 

 Guatemala; North Carolina; intertidal. 



Onuphis magna (Andrews, 1891) 



Diopatra iiiaijiid Andrews, 1891a: 286, pi. 14: 



Fig. 14-20. 

 Onuphis magna. - Hartman, 1944a: 70; 1945: 26. 



Records. — On intertidal and shallow banks 

 of Beaufort Sound (5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13). 



Distribution. — Pacific coast of Panama, Gulf 

 of Mexico and West Indies to North Carolina in 

 0-50 m. 



FAMILY LUMBRINERIDAE 

 Key to genera and species 



1 Parapodia with postsetal lobe subdivided to form digitiform 



branchiae (Ninoe) No N.C. record 



r Parapodia with a single po.st.setal lobe (Luinbi-ineris) 2 



2 Pro.stomium rounded; body usually short (creeping forms). 



[Anterior hooks compound] 3 



2' Prostomium conical, sometimes elongated: body always long 



(burrowing forms) 4 



3 Jaws having Mx. Ill with three to four teeth and Mx. IV with 



two teeth. Fresh specimens with brown patches on sides of 



prostomium L. niHata 



3' Jaws having Mx. Ill with two teeth and Mx. IV with one tooth. 



Prostomium uniformly pale L. cocciiiea 



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