Revision of the scaleworm genera Arctonoe Chamberlin and Gastrolepidia Schmarda (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) with the erection of a new subfamily Arctonoinae

Abstract

A new subfamily Arctonoinae is erected for several genera of polynoid scaleworms.Descriptions of Arcwnoe vittata (Grube)./f.fragilis (Baird), A. pulchra (Johnson) and Gastrolepidia ctavigera Schmarda are provided.Harmothoe tuhercutala Treadwell, 1906 is referred to Bathynoe Ditlevsen.A new genus and species Asterophilia carlae from Fiji and Indonesian waters is described.