GEPHYREA INERMIA—BENHAM. 
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Physcosoma Selenka. 
Physcosoma scolops Selenka and Man. 
P. scolops , Selenka and Man (1883), p. 75. 
P. annulatum Hutton, Benham (1904), p. 173. 
P. scolops Benham (1912), p. 137. 
P. scolops Fischer (1914 B), p. 63. 
Two small individuals of this widely distributed sipinculid were obtained off 
the coast of Tasmania. The label reads “vermes tasmanise,” and nothing more; 
there is no indication of depth or locality. It is probable that they were collected off 
Maria Island with certain Polychsetes by Professor Flynn, of Hobart. 
One of the two has its introvert extended; its total length is 15 mm. by 2*5 mm. 
For remarks on this species, see Benham, loc. cit. 
Distribution .—New Zealand, Kermadec Island, Philippines, Singapore, Red Sea, 
Gold Coast (West Africa), Mauritius, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, 
Pacific Ocean; that is, it is almost entirely tropical and subtropical, but passes 
south to the New Zealand and Tasmanian waters. 
