CONTENTS 



Introduction page 3 



Summary of Results 



Systematic 5 



Geographical Distribution 9 



Bathymetrical Distribution .... 18 



Ecological 21 



Systematic Account 



Amphinomidae 27 



Aphroditidae 36 



Polynoidae 40 



Acoetidae 69 



Sigalionidae 70 



Phyllodocidae 71 



Alciopidae 79 



Tomopteridae 84 



Typhloscolecidae 8g 



Hesionidae 91 



Syllidae 92 



Nereidae 103 



Nephthydidae iii 



Sphaerodoridae 115 



Glyceridae 115 



Eunicidae 118 



Eunicinae 118 



Onuphidinae 124 



Lunibriconereinae 135 



Staurocephalinae 143 



Ariciidae 144 



Spionidae 146 



Systematic Account {com.) 



Paraonidae page 150 



Chaetopteridae 152 



Cirratulidae 154 



Flabelligeridae 159 



Scalibregmidae 163 



Capitellidae 163 



Opheliidae 165 



Maldanidae 169 



Oweniidae 176 



Sabellariidae 176 



Sternaspidae 178 



Amphictenidae 180 



Ampharetidae 180 



Terebellidae 185 



Amphitritinae 185 



Artacaminae 191 



Thelepinae 192 



Polycirrinae 194 



Canephorinae 198 



Sabellidae 199 



Sabellinae 199 



Fabriciinae 203 



Serpulidae 206 



Serpulinae 206 



Filograninae 213 



Spirorbinae 214 



List of literature cited 215 



Index 218 



