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also been reported from the Malay. Archipelago, 20 from Northeast 

 Australia and only 12 from each of Northeast and East Australia. Tro- 

 pical Northeast Australia is more closely related to Indo-Malaya than 

 to the Australian coasts to the south, having 21 non-cosmopolitan species 

 in common with the Malay Archipelago and only 1 1 with East Australia. 



Northwest Australia also shows close relationships with Indo-Malaya 

 but has a larger Australasian element than the northeast coast. The 

 temperate coasts of Australia, areas 18, 19 and 22, closely resemble each 

 other and have a large number of species in common. They all have 

 an important Antarctic element, 12% for South Australia, 11% for East 

 Australia, and 17% for Southwest Australia. 



Kerguelen is characterised by the large Antarctic element, 50%. 

 Of the 41 non-cosmopolitan species 14 are also found in Southern New 

 Zealand and only 3 in the Indian Ocean. 



Tentatively on the basis of polychaete distribution the Indo-Pacific 

 can be divided into the following regions: Indian, with possibly a sep- 

 arate Arabian Sea region; Malayan; Philippine, including the South 

 China Sea; Southern Japanese; Northern Japanese; Hawaiian; Tropical 

 Pacific, with a possible division into two areas by the 10 °S. parallel; 

 tropical Northeast Australia; tropical Northwest Australia; temperate 

 South Australia; New Zealand; Kerguelen. Much more collecting, es- 

 pecially in the tropical Pacific, is required before the details can be 

 worked out. 



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Hartman, Olga. 1948. The Polychaetous Annelids of Alaska. Pacific Sci., 

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