Annelids of Alaska— HARTMAN 
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Genus Hololepida Moore 
Hololepida magna Moore 
Hololepida magna Moore, 1905^: 541-544, pi. 
35, fig. 24-29; Moore, 1908: 320; Berkeley, 
1923: 214. 
Collection. Station L 13-41 (1). 
This is known only from southern Alaska and 
British Columbia; it ranges in depths of 13 to 
230 fm. 
Genus Hololepidella Willey 
Hololepidella tuta (Grube) 
Polynoe tuta Grube, 1855: 82. 
Harmothoe tuta Johnson, 1901: 394-396, pi. 
2, fig. 18, 19, pi. 3, fig. 20-22. 
Hololepidella tutta Annenkova, 1937: 147, pi. 
3, fig. 15, 16. 
Polyeunoa tuta Berkeley, 1942: 188. 
Collections. Stations 35-40 (fragment); 59- 
40 (short fragment); 60-40 (1); D 3-41 (2). 
Originally described from Sitka, Alaska, this 
has been widely reported from both sides of the 
north Pacific (see synonymy above). The pres¬ 
ent records are from southwest Alaska in 20 to 
30 fm. 
Genus Harmothoe Kinberg 
Harmothoe imbricata (Linnaeus) 
Harmothoe imbricata Johnson, 1897: 181, pi. 
7, fig. 37; Fauvel, 1923: 55, fig. 18; Berkeley, 
1923: 215; Berkeley, 1942: 187. 
Collections. Stations 12-40 (1); 24-40 (1); 
27-40 (1); 33-40 (1); 34-40 (1); 47-40 
(1); 51-40 (about 15); 59-40 (1); 61-40 
(1); 72-40 (1); 89-40 (1); 97-40 (3); 108- 
40 (1); CT 12-41 (1); D 7-41 (1); D 15-41 
(12);L 2-41 (1);L 3-41 (2);L 20-41 (3); 
Lazy Bay (1); Seldovia (1). 
Color patterns are highly variable. Some in¬ 
dividuals have elytra more or less heavily 
mottled with gray to russet pigment; others have 
the first pair pale, the rest dark; a few in¬ 
dividuals are striped longitudinally, the elytra 
dark brown on the inner portions and pale on 
the outer parts. In all individuals, notosetae are 
coarser than neurosetae; the latter are distinctly 
bidentate at the distal ends. The dorsum is com¬ 
pletely covered by the imbricated elytra. On 
the prostomium, anterior eyes are far forward, 
under the prostomial peaks and directed an¬ 
teriorly. The elytra are thick and leathery in 
texture, sparsely fringed along their outer free 
margins, oval in shape. Dorsal cirri are smooth 
except for a few short, scattered papillae. Neph- 
ridia are very long and slender; they are clearly 
seen on the ventral side of parapodia. 
H. imbricata is common in colder waters of 
the north Pacific, south at least to central Cali¬ 
fornia. The present records are from southwest 
Alaska and Bering Sea, from shore to 150 fm. 
Genus Evarnella Chamberlin 
Evarnella triannulata (Moore) 
Harmothoe triannulata Moore, 1910: 346-350, 
pi. 29, fig. 18-22. 
Evarne triannulata Berkeley, 1923: 215. 
Evarnella triannulata Berkeley, 1942: 188. 
Collections. Stations 21-40 (1); 33-40 (1); 
51-40 (6); 58-40 (1); 59-40 (1); 60-40 
(4); 61-40 (5); 72-40 (1); 89-40 (1); 93- 
40 (1); 100^0 (1); 128-40 (4); A 8-41 
(1); C 5-41 (2); D 7-41 (2); D 8-41 (2); 
D 11-41 (4); L 18-41 (1); Sand Point (1). 
The body consists of 39 or 40 segments; 
elytra number 15 pairs and cover most of the 
body except the last five or six short segments. 
Elytra are oval, the margin nearly entire except 
for a delicate fringe; they are more or less 
completely and closely covered by fine, slen¬ 
der, minute, dark spines; at the posterior mar¬ 
gin there are a few larger, long, dark-brown, 
pendant-like papillae. The prostomium has broad 
peaks; the four eyes are large, the anterior pair 
is lateral in position, just in front of the middle 
half of the prostomial length. Neurosetae have 
a long main tooth and a small, short subterminal 
secondary tooth. 
This species was originally described off 
southern California in 38 to 238 fm.; it has 
since been reported from British Columbia, in 
