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Issued: December 5, 1928

The polychaetous annelids collected by the Arcturus Expedition were by the courtesy of Director Beebe, submitted to me for examination and the following is my report. One new genus and sixteen new species are represented in the collection.
Harmothoe lanceolata Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Harmothoe lanceocirrata Treadwell, 1928 (original description)
Harmothoe sylliformia Treadwell, 1928 (original description)
Leodice arcturi Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Eunice arcturi (Treadwell, 1928) (original description)
Lepidasthenia longicirrata Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Lepidasthenia natans (Chamberlin, 1919) (original description)
Lepidasthenia picta Treadwell, 1928 (original description)
Lepidasthenia rufa Treadwell, 1928 (original description)
Lepidasthenia variegata Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Lepidasthenia rufa Treadwell, 1928 (original description)
Leptonereis maculata Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (original description)
Neanthes obscura Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Perinereis helleri (Grube, 1878) (original description)
Nuchubranchia Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Travisiopsis Levinsen, 1885 (original description)
Nuchubranchia palmata Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Travisiopsis coniceps (Chamberlin, 1919) (original description)
Phyllodoce varia Treadwell, 1928 (original description)
Semiodera glabra Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Trophoniella americana (Monro, 1928) (original description)
Spio hirsuta Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (O.F. Muller, 1806) (original description)
Tomopteris opaca Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Tomopteris nisseni Rosa, 1908 (original description)
Tomopteris tentaculata Treadwell, 1928 (original description)
Uncinereis lutea Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833) (original description)
Vanadis collata Treadwell, 1928 accepted as Vanadis crystallina Greeff, 1876 (original description)
Holotype AMNH, geounit Galapagos Islands, identified as Phyllodoce varia Treadwell, 1928
Holotype AMNH, geounit Sargasso Sea, identified as Uncinereis lutea Treadwell, 1928
Holotype AMNH 3555, geounit Cocos Islands, identified as Spio hirsuta Treadwell, 1928
Not stated. According to Hartman (1956: 275), the species was collected "probably at the surface". [details]
731.5 m (400 fathoms), in the water column. [details]
Pacific Ocean: Cocos Island (west of Costa Rica). [details]
Pacific Ocean: Cocos Island (west of Costa Rica). [details]
The type locality of the species has been considered as "off the West Indies", probably with base on Hartman (1956: ... [details]
Not stated, uncertain. The specific epithet obscura is a Latin adjective meaning 'dark', 'dusky', 'indistinct', ... [details]
Not stated. The specific epithet varia is a Latin adjective meaning 'diverse' or 'different', but also ... [details]
Not stated. The specific epithet hirsuta is a Latin adjective meaning 'hairy' or 'bristly', and refers presumably ... [details]
Not stated. The specific epithet lutea is a Latin adjective meaning 'saffron yellow' or 'sallow' and refers ... [details]
The specific epithet collata is a Latin participle meaning 'brought together' or 'having been brought together', ... [details]
Pelagic, found 731.5 m below the water surface. [details]
Deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (AMNH). [details]
Deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (AMNH 3555). [details]
Deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (AMNH 3553). [details]
Lepidasthenia longicirrata Treadwell, 1928 is a permanently unavailable name as an unreplaced junior primary ... [details]
Deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (AMNH). [details]
Off Cocos Island, west of Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean (5.5333°, -86.9833°). [details]
Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean (-0.3667°, -89.4833°). [details]
Cocos Island, west of Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean (5.5333°, -86.9833°). According to the IZ Type Specimens Database ... [details]
Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean (26.1667°, -56.0°). [details]
30 miles SE Hood Island (= Española Island), Galápagos Islands, Pacific Ocean (-2.0°, -89.5°). [details]
Deposited at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (AMNH). [details]