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with the use of the night light. The water was 
approximately 15 ft deep and the substrate con- 
sisted of white coral sand at both localities. On 
August 28, 1956, 13 females and 22 males were 
captured; 5 males were collected on September 
3, 1956. Tropical Pacific Ocean and Indian 
Ocean. 
Platynereis pulchella Gravier 
Fauvel, 1953, pp. 220-221, fig. 112 f-h. 
ENIWETOK : Parry (0,L), Eniwetok (O), 
Igurin (O), Rigili (O), Bogombogo (L), En- 
gebi (O), Aaraanbiru (0,L), Aniyaanii (O), 
Japtan (L), and Bogen (O). bikini: Enyu 
(0,L). This is the first report of the species 
from the Marshall Islands. Red Sea, Persian 
Gulf, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, and Marshall 
Islands. 
Perinereis helleri Grube 
Perinereis cultifera var. helleri. Fauvel, 1953, 
p. 208. 
eniwetok: Aniyaanii (L). This is the first 
report of the species from the Marshall Islands. 
Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans. 
Perinereis nigropunctata Horst 
Fauvel, 1953, p. 210, fig. 107 b-f. This is the 
first report of the species from the Marshall 
Islands. Indian Ocean, Malay Archipelago, and 
Marshall Islands. 
Perinereis cultifera Grube 
Fauvel, 1953, p. 208; Imajima and Hartman, 
1964, p. 152. majuro: Uliga (O). This is the 
first report of the species from the Marshall 
Islands. Cosmopolitan. 
Pseudonereis anomala Gravier 
Fauvel, 1953, p. 217, fig. 110 h-i; Hartman, 
1954*, p. 629; Hartmann-Schroder, 1965, p. 
129. Hartman reported this species from Eniwe- 
tok Atoll, from Namu (O) at Bikini Atoll, and 
from Burok (O) at Rongelap Atoll. Red Sea, 
Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and Indo-Pacific 
Ocean. 
Pseudonereis gallapagensis Kinberg 
Fauvel, 1953, pp. 215-217, fig. 110 a-c; Hart- 
man, 1954*, p. 629; Hartmann-Schroder, 1965, 
pp. 129-30. eniwetok: Parry (O), Bogom- 
bogo (O), Engebi (O), Aaraanbiru (O), 
Aniyaanii (O), and from Lidilbut (O) and 
Japtan (O) by Hartman, majuro: Uliga (O, 
L). Tropical Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, West 
Africa, and Brazil. 
Micronereis eniwetokensis Reish 
Reish, 1961 *, pp. 273-277, figs. 2-6. eniwe- 
tok: Parry (L), Igurini (O), and Aaraanbiru 
(L). This species is known only from these lo- 
calities. 
Family NEPHTYidae 
Micronephtys sphaerocirrata (Wesenberg-Lund) 
Nephtys sphaerocirrata Wesenberg-Lund, 
1949, pp. 294-296, figs. 24-6. 
Micronephtys sphaerocirrata. Hartman, 1950, 
pp. 130-1; Reish, 1961*, p. 277. 
eniwetok: Parry (L) in 90-94 ft of water. 
Persian Gulf and Eniwetok Atoll. 
Family sphaerodoridae 
Sphaerodorum pacipcum Hartman 
Hartman, 1954*, pp. 634-637, figs. 176 A, 
177 I-J. eniwetok: Bogen (O) (1 specimen), 
and from Lidilbut (O) by Hartman. This 
species is known only from these localities on 
Eniwetok Atoll. 
Family glyceridae 
Glycera tesselata Grube 
Fauvel, 1953, p. 291, fig. 152 a-c; Hartman, 
1954*, p. 629; Imajima and Hartman, 1964; 
Hartmann-Schroder, 1965, p. 130. eniwetok: 
Rigili (0,L), Bogombogo (0,L), Engebi (O), 
and at Lidilbut (O) by Hartman. Bikini (O) 
by Hartman. Cosmopolitan. 
Family eunicidae 
KEY TO THE SPECIES FROM MARSHALL ISLANDS 
1. Prostomium with 5 antennae 2 
1. Prostomium with 3 antennae 
Lysidice collaris 
1. Prostomium with 1 antenna 
Nematonereis unicornis 
2. Peristomium with a pair of cirri; branchiae 
present or nearly absent 3 
2. Peristomium without cirri; branchiae ab- 
sent Paramarphysa orientalis 
