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and the beginning of the brood pouches in three spionid genera. We 
note, however, that eggs can be seen through the body wall of three spec- 
imens of L. pugettensis only at the twenty-fifth setiger or slightly post- 
erior to this segment although genital pouches start at the second to 
seventh setiger. 
Omitting Monro’s form, the known Laonice species with brood 
pouches starting before the tenth setiger may be distinguished as 
follows: 
1. Dorsal sense organ (caruncle) to about the 25th setiger; dorsal ridges behind 
the gill-bearing region inconspicuous. . .. . L. pugettensis new species 
Dorsal sense organ not reaching the 20th setiger; dorsal ridges present or 
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2. Neuropodial hooks occurring before the 20th setiger. L. appeloefi Séderstré6m 
Neuropodial hooks starting posterior to the 20th setiger . ....... 3 
3. Gills distinct from second setiger onward; conspicuous dorsal ridges behind 
Gill pearTing FEAIOM Ar Ss sis 3 see as) ef ve L. japonica (Moore) 
Gills distinct only posterior to second setiger; dorsal ridges inconspicuous. 
L. antarcticae Hartman 
Laonice pugettensis is different from the incompletely known Arici- 
deopsis megalops Johnson (1901) from Puget Sound, considered to be 
a species of Laonice (Hartman, 1959), because of hooks on the seven- 
teenth somite in the latter. Also, neither the occipital antenna nor 
the gills on the tenth setiger of old or young specimens of the new 
species are as large as figured by Johnson. 
A few records of L. cirrata from waters of British Columbia must 
refer also to LZ. pugettensis as evident from the description of the 
former species by Berkeley and Berkeley (1952). Further, an un- 
numbered sample in the U.S. National Museum, collected in Depar- 
ture Bay, B.C., between 1918 and 1925, contains 15 L. cirrata and 
2 L. pugettensis (cf. Berkeley and Berkeley, 1936). 
Paraspio cirrifera, new species 
Fiaures 6b-f 
Paraspio sp. I Banse et al. [in press]. 
Typrs.—Holotype: USNM 36270. Paratypes: USNM 36271 (2) 
and 36272 (3). All come from station 3, 47°44’31’’ N, 122°31’53’" W 
(February 1963). 
Twenty-four specimens from stations 1, 3, 4, 6, and 8 are available. 
About half of our specimens come from station 3. The largest anterior 
fragment of a mature female has 73 setigers and a length of 21 mm. 
One complete animal possesses about 85 setigers. 
Description.—The prostomium (fig. 66) is rounded anteriorly. In 
most specimens there is a high bilobed protuberance on the upper 
side; in such a case, the eyes are not visible when the animal is seen 
