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IN a recent survey of the littoral and sub-littoral Polychaeta of the Isle of Man, about seventy of the species found were new to the area and to the Irish Sea generally. Among these are sixteen species which do not appear to have been recorded previously from the British Isles. The new records are: 
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SOUTHWARD, E. Polychaeta New to the British Isles. Nature 175, 264 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175264a0
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