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University of California Press, Berkeley, Published date: 1917. Paper covers; pp 61-74; 27 cm. Illustrated with two full-page plates (plates 4-5) containing detailed black and white zoological line drawings executed with camera lucida.
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In good condition. Pale gray paper wrappers with printed cover title; moderate edge wear and light creasing; small chips and short tears along fore-edge and spine edges; light surface soiling and age toning; call numbers and ownership markings in pencil and ink on front cover. Binding sound; staples intact. Two small ink spots on table of contents page and inside of front cover. Otherwise interior pages lightly toned but unmarked. Taxonomic zoological paper describing and illustrating new species of Amphinomidae (polychaetous annelid worms) collected from the Pacific coast of California. This study forms part of the University of California Publications in Zoology series and documents species morphology, classification debates within Amphinomidae, geographic distribution, and anatomical characteristics. The paper includes formal descriptions of newly identified species, comparative analysis with previously described taxa, and detailed anatomical plates depicting setae, branchiae, parapodia, and anterior structures. Based on research conducted at the University of California Zoological Laboratory and completed at the Scripps Institution for Biological Research at La Jolla. Contents include: Introduction; Acknowledgments; General description; Description of new species; Euphrosyne calypta sp. nov.; Euphrosyne multibranchiata sp. nov.; Eurythoe spirocirrata sp. nov.; Euphrosyne kylloestosa sp. nov.; Literature cited; Explanation of plates.