NO. 3667 POLYCHAETES—BANSE AND HOBSON 19 
Intestinal Contents of Local Glycera species 
Intestinal contents of the midportion of animals were studied, or 
Squeezed specimens were inspected (as indicated). All the material 
had been collected in the daytime. Three specimens of G. americana 
Leidy (about 3.5, 5, and 10 cm long) had empty intestines. A 5-cm- 
long specimen of G. capitata Oersted (including G. nana Johnson; 
see Banse et al., in press) had an empty intestine as seems to be the 
rule with the species (from inspection). A 4-cm-long animal from sta- 
tion 7 contained a few boluses of sediment that were full of setae 
of Sigambra tentaculata, together with fine sediment material and 
sand grains up to about 0.075 mm diameter. Specimens of G. sipho- 
nostoma (two of 2 cm, one of 6 cm length; from inspection) had 
empty intestines, A 35-cm-long specimen of G. robusta had an empty 
middle intestine; a 25-cm-long animal contained a small amount 
of sediment particles together with many bristles, possibly of 
Aphroditidae. 
The observations of largely empty intestines corroborate the 
findings by earlier investigators (see Klawe and Dickie, 1957; Sanders 
et al., 1962). According to these authors, who quote earlier studies, 
Glyceridae may be considered deposit feeders that swallow larger 
animals incidentally. Our material is not large enough to investigate 
whether the grain size composition of the intestinal content is that 
of the habitat; the organization of the proboscis would suggest non- 
selective deposit feeding only. 
Family GONIADIDAE 
Goniada maculata Oersted 
Goniada maculata.—St¢p-Bowitz, 1941, p. 209.—Hartman, 1950, p. 20. 
Found at stations 1, 3, 4, 6, and 8. New for Puget Sound. Pre- 
viously known in the Pacific from Kodiak Island and the northwestern 
Pacific. 
Family LuMBRINERIDAE 
Lumbrineris Blainville 
In addition to a morphological note on L. californiensis Hartman, 
we make observations on the intestinal contents of several other 
species of this genus occurring locally. 
Lumbrineris californiensis Hartman 
Lumbrineris californiensis Hartman, 1944, p. 163. 
In specimens of 4-5 cm length and about 1 mm width (without 
parapodia), composite hooks are found only to the fifteenth or six- 
