

POLYCHAETE WORMS 



By C. C. A. Monro, m.a.^ 

 (Text-figures 1-91) 



INTRODUCTION 



THE Polychaeta studied in this report were all collected by the staff of the Dis- 

 covery Investigations in the R.R.S. 'Discovery,' in the R.S.S. 'William Scoresby,' 

 in the Floating Whaling Factory S.S. 'Anglo-Norse' off the South Sandwich Islands, 

 and by the personnel of the Marine Biological Station at South Georgia and at Saldanha 

 Bay, South Africa. A few specimens were also procured by a member of the staff in a 

 trawler off the Cape of Good Hope. 



The stations made by the ' Discovery ' have no letters prefixed to the numbers : those 

 of the 'William Scoresby' have the prefix WS, those of the S.S. 'Anglo-Norse' SS (for 

 South Sandwich), and those of the Marine Biological Station MS. 



The following summary of stations, taken from the Station List published by the 

 Discovery Investigations, gives the courses sailed by the 'Discovery' and the 

 'William Scoresby.' 



'Discovery.' Stations 1-2, Ascension Island; 3, Mid South Atlantic; 4-6, Tristan da 

 Cunha; 7-12, Tristan da Cunha to South Georgia; 13-45, '^^ South Georgia; 46-47, 

 South Georgia to Falkland Islands; 48-58, off Falkland Islands; 59-89, Falkland 

 Islands to Cape Town ; 90-101 , off South-west Africa ; 102-1 16, South Africa to Bouvet 

 Island; 117-121, Bouvet Island to South Georgia; 122-159, off South Georgia; 160- 

 161, South Georgia to South Orkneys; 162-167, off South Orkneys; 168-170, South 

 Orkneys to South Shetlands; 171-177, Bransfield Strait, South Shetlands; 178-192, 

 Palmer Archipelago; 193-209, Bransfield Strait, South Shetlands; 210-221, Drake 

 Strait; 222-230, Cape Horn to Falkland Islands; 231-259, Falkland Islands to Cape 

 Town; 260-265, off South-west Africa; 266-299, Cape Town to Cape Verde Islands. 



' William Scoresby.' Stations WS 1-4, off South-west Africa; WS 5-17, Cape Town 

 to South Georgia; WS 18-65, off South Georgia; WS 66-70, South Georgia to Falkland 

 Islands; WS 71-99, off Falkland Islands and between Falkland Islands and South 

 America; WS 100-107, Falkland Islands to Port Desire, South America; WS 108-109, 

 North of Falkland Islands; WS 110-114, off South Georgia; WS 115-121, South 

 Georgia to Gough Island; WS 122-130, off Gough Island; WS 131-136, Gough Island 

 to Cape Town. 



The Marine Biological Station made seventy-four stations at South Georgia and 

 eight stations at South Africa. The location of the SS stations has already been given. 



* Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum. 



