Proceedings of the United States National Museum SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • WASHINGTON, D.C. Volume 117 1965 Number 3511 BENTHIC POLYCHAETOUS ANNELIDS FROM BERING, CHUKCHI, AND BEAUFORT SEAS^ By Donald J. Reish' Introduction The earlier accounts on the study of the polychaetous annelids in Alaskan waters have been summarized by Hartman (1948). Since this date, several papers dealing with the polychaetes of Alaska or adjoining regions have appeared. Pettibone (1954) recorded 88 species from Point Barrow, Alaska. The monograph by Uschakov (1955) of the polychaetes of the Far Eastern seas is of particular value for work in Alaskan waters. The series of papers by Berkeley and Berkeley (1956, 1957, 1958, and 1960) have records of species for Alaska as well as British Columbia. Pelagic and benthic polychaetes collected from floating ice islands in the Arctic Ocean have been reported by Uschakov (1957) and Knox (1959). Levenstein (1960) listed 48 species from the western Bering Sea, 19 of which are reported herein. Seven species of polychaetes were found in a marine pond at Point Barrow, Alaska (Mohr et al, 1961). * These studies were aided in part by contracts between the Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy, and the University of Southern California; and between Dr. John L. Mohr, University of Southern California, and the Arctic Institute of North America. * Department of Biology, Long Beach State College, Long Beach, California. 131
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