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Chamisso and Eysenhardt (1821) from collec¬ 
tions made during a Russian voyage around the 
world. Two new species, Nereis heteropoda 
and Sternaspis elegans, were reported from Un- 
alaska. Both remain indeterminable, although 
the first was redescribed by Grube (1855). 
A later Russian expedition resulted in the de¬ 
scription of three new species by Grube (1851), 
Nereis vexillosa, Polynoe cirrata, and Cirratulus 
borealis, from Sitka. The latter two have 
since been referred to Harmothoe imbricata 
(Linnaeus), and, questionably, Cirratulus cirra- 
tus (Muller), respectively. The same author 
(Grube, 1855) added two more to the list, 
Polynoe vittata and Polynoe tuta, which are now 
known as Arctonoe vittata (Grube) and Holo- 
lepidella tuta (Grube). 
The International Polar Expedition to Point 
Barrow, Alaska, in 1885, resulted in the 
description of Arenicola glacialis Murdoch 
(1885*0 and the addition of five other species 
(Murdoch, 1885£). These are Melaenis loveni 
Malmgren, Phyllodoce groenlandica Oersted 
(here called Anaitides ), Cast alia multipapillata 
Theel (here called Psammate ), Aricia arctica 
Murdoch (questionably referred to Scoloplos 
armiger Muller), and Brad a granulata Malm¬ 
gren. 
Johnson (1901), in reporting on the anne¬ 
lids from Puget Sound, Washington, named one, 
Polynoe insignis (Baird) (here called Halo- 
sydna brevisetosa Kinberg), from Kadiak Island, 
Alaska. 
Moore (1902) described numerous species 
from northern Greenland. Four of these, Gat- 
tyana senta Moore (here called Eunoe ), Gat- 
tyana ciliata Moore, Lagisca multisetosa Moore, 
and Eunoe truncata Moore (here called Herma- 
dion ), were later (Moore, 1905*z: 525) said to 
have come from Icy Straits, Alaska, rather than 
from Greenland. 
In 1899 the Harriman Alaska Expedition ex¬ 
plored the waters about Alaska. Among the 
polychaetes, only the families Sabellidae and 
Serpulidae were investigated (Bush, 1904). As a 
result, 18 species were newly recorded from 
Alaska, and five others, whose identity cannot be 
established (see Hartman, 1942, for revision 
and summary), were reported. 
The U.S.S. "Albatross,” operated by the Alas¬ 
kan Salmon Commission in the summer of 1903, 
explored the waters from Port Townsend, Wash¬ 
ington, to Shelikof Strait, Alaska. The poly¬ 
chaetes were ably described by Moore (1905 to 
1908). As a result, 97 species of annelids were 
reported from Alaska, 81 for the first time. 
However, five of these, Brada pilosa Moore, Ster¬ 
naspis fossor Stimpson, Pseudopotamilla ano- 
culata Moore, Pseudopotamilla brevibranchiata 
Moore, and Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Leuc- 
kart), are regarded as synonyms, and one other, 
Nereis ( Alitta) virens Sars, includes two species. 
McIntosh (1910) added one new record, 
Lumbriconereis fragilis (Muller) (here called 
Lumbrineris) , from Alaska but the record is not 
clear. It appears in his monograph of British 
annelids. 
Nine new records were added by Treadwell 
(1914) among a total of 24 species from 
Alaska. A re-examination of the material on 
which these records were based has shown the 
following misidentifications: Nereis procera 
Ehlers is Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, Naineris 
longa Moore is Naineris dendritica (Kinberg), 
Cistenides hyperborea Malmgren is Cistenides 
brevicoma (Johnson), Eudistylia polymorph a 
(Johnson) is Eudistylia vancouveri (Kinberg), 
and Schizobranchia nobilis Bush is Schizo- 
branchia dubia Bush. The type collection of 
Scolecolepis alaskensis Treadwell from Shuma- 
gin Islands, Alaska, has been examined and the 
species is here newly referred to the genus 
Nerine. 2 
2 The prostomium lacks anterior horns; it is pro¬ 
longed forward as a snout. Branchiae are present from 
the second setigerous segment and continued through 
a long region but absent from a considerable posterior 
portion. They are fused for their entire length with 
the postsetal lamella. The posterior end is a flat, short 
lobe. The first segment is biramous and has slender 
pointed setae both above and below. Hooded hooks 
are present in both notopodia and neuropodia, together 
with a tuft of pointed setae, after about the fifty-ninth 
segment. The prostomium may lack eyes. These char¬ 
acters are those of Nerine. 
