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  Eunoe 
  oerstedi 
  Malmgren, 
  1865 
  

  

  Figure 
  26, 
  d 
  

  

  Lepidonote 
  scabra 
  Oersted, 
  1843, 
  p. 
  164, 
  pi. 
  1, 
  figs. 
  2, 
  7, 
  10, 
  12-13, 
  17-18 
  (not 
  

  

  Aphrodita 
  scabra 
  Fabricius, 
  1780). 
  

   Polynoe 
  scabra 
  Sars, 
  1860, 
  p. 
  58.— 
  Hansen, 
  1882, 
  p. 
  11.— 
  Wir6n, 
  1883, 
  p. 
  387, 
  

  

  pi. 
  28, 
  fig. 
  1 
  (part).— 
  Murdoch, 
  1885, 
  p. 
  152 
  (not 
  A. 
  scabra 
  Fabricius, 
  1780). 
  

   Eunoe 
  oerstedi 
  Malmgren, 
  1865, 
  p. 
  61, 
  pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  3. 
  — 
  Moore, 
  1909b, 
  p. 
  135. 
  — 
  

  

  Sumner, 
  1913, 
  p. 
  618.— 
  Treadwell, 
  1937, 
  p. 
  27.— 
  Hartman, 
  1944a, 
  pp. 
  334, 
  

  

  337.— 
  Gorbunov, 
  1946, 
  p. 
  38.— 
  Pettibone, 
  1953, 
  p. 
  46, 
  pi. 
  23. 
  

   Eunoe 
  barbata 
  Moore, 
  1910, 
  p. 
  334, 
  pi. 
  28, 
  figs. 
  1-6.— 
  Treadwell, 
  1925, 
  p. 
  1.— 
  

  

  Hartman, 
  1939, 
  p. 
  53.— 
  Berkeley 
  and 
  Berkeley, 
  1945, 
  p. 
  321; 
  1948, 
  p. 
  14, 
  

  

  fig. 
  16.— 
  Pettibone, 
  1949, 
  p. 
  2. 
  

   Eunoe 
  nodosa 
  Fauvel, 
  1923, 
  p. 
  51, 
  fig. 
  18, 
  a-e 
  (part). 
  — 
  Hartman 
  and 
  Reish, 
  1950, 
  

  

  p. 
  7 
  (not 
  Polynoe 
  nodosa 
  Sars, 
  1860). 
  

   Harmothoe 
  nodosa 
  Ditlevsen, 
  1917, 
  p. 
  6, 
  pi. 
  2, 
  fig. 
  1 
  (part; 
  not 
  pi. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  10). 
  — 
  

  

  Augener, 
  1928, 
  p. 
  684 
  (part) 
  .— 
  Wesenberg-Lund, 
  1950a, 
  p. 
  6 
  (part); 
  1950b, 
  

  

  p. 
  17 
  (part); 
  1951, 
  p. 
  10 
  (part; 
  not 
  P. 
  nodosa 
  Sars, 
  1860). 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  Length 
  18-73 
  mm., 
  width 
  including 
  setae 
  6-29 
  mm. 
  

   Segments 
  37-39 
  (39-42 
  in 
  specimens 
  from 
  Washington). 
  Prostomium 
  

   with 
  cephahc 
  peaks 
  poorly 
  developed 
  or 
  lacking; 
  anterior 
  pair 
  of 
  eyes 
  

   anterolateral, 
  visible 
  dorsally. 
  Antennae 
  and 
  dorsal 
  cirri 
  with 
  long 
  

   papillae. 
  Body 
  elongate, 
  oval 
  in 
  cross 
  section. 
  Segmental 
  papillae 
  

   short 
  and 
  bulbous. 
  Tips 
  of 
  notosetae 
  may 
  be 
  worn 
  down 
  and 
  blunt, 
  

   especially 
  in 
  larger 
  specimens. 
  Elytra 
  with 
  lateral 
  fringe 
  of 
  papillae. 
  

   Elytral 
  surface 
  exceedingly 
  scabrous, 
  with 
  microtubercles 
  one- 
  to 
  

   many-pronged; 
  macro 
  tubercles 
  branched, 
  extremely 
  variable 
  in 
  size, 
  

   number, 
  arrangement 
  and 
  shape; 
  some 
  brownish, 
  some 
  translucent. 
  

   Color: 
  In 
  alcohol 
  : 
  Dusky, 
  dark 
  or 
  greenish 
  black 
  between 
  elytrophores 
  

   and 
  dorsal 
  tubercles, 
  with 
  some 
  color 
  on 
  cirrophores 
  of 
  dorsal 
  cirri 
  

   and 
  tips 
  of 
  parapodia; 
  setae 
  dark 
  amber-colored. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  confused 
  

   with 
  E. 
  nodosa 
  as 
  discussed 
  above. 
  Examination 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  E. 
  

   barbata 
  Moore 
  from 
  central 
  California 
  revealed 
  no 
  essential 
  differences 
  

   from 
  E. 
  oerstedi. 
  

  

  New 
  records. 
  — 
  Arctic 
  Alaska: 
  Eluitkak 
  Pass, 
  Elson 
  Lagoon 
  near 
  

   Point 
  Barrow, 
  6.6 
  fms.; 
  off 
  Point 
  Barrow 
  base, 
  up 
  to 
  8 
  miles 
  from 
  

   shore, 
  18.3 
  to 
  75.5 
  fms., 
  on 
  bottoms 
  of 
  mud, 
  sand, 
  shells, 
  pebbles, 
  

   gravel, 
  rocks, 
  stones 
  (10 
  stations, 
  20 
  specimens). 
  Canadian 
  Arctic: 
  

   Baffin 
  Island, 
  66°43' 
  N., 
  80°07' 
  W., 
  1927; 
  center, 
  south, 
  and 
  southeast 
  

   corner 
  Foxe 
  Basin, 
  25-37 
  fms., 
  1927; 
  Kneeland 
  Bay 
  in 
  Frobisher 
  

   Bay, 
  Baffin 
  Island, 
  7-12 
  fms., 
  1942; 
  all 
  collected 
  by 
  Bartlett. 
  West 
  

   Greenland: 
  Murchison 
  Sound, 
  45-60 
  fms., 
  Bartlett, 
  1938. 
  East 
  

   Greenland: 
  Clavering 
  Fiord, 
  1939; 
  off 
  Cape 
  Hold 
  with 
  Hope, 
  

   23-40 
  fms., 
  Bartlett, 
  1939. 
  South 
  Greenland: 
  Off 
  Cape 
  Farewell, 
  

   70 
  fms., 
  Bartlett, 
  1939. 
  East 
  Coast 
  North 
  America: 
  Off 
  Labrador, 
  

  

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