CHECKLIST OF POLYCHAETE SPECIES FROM SINGAPORE WATERS (ANNELIDA)

A checklist of 64 benthic polychaete species from 28 families was comp iled, based on collections from six locations around Singapore waters and also from published records. The locations included Sungei Buloh, Singapore River, Kallang Basin, Pulau Semakau, Pulau Ayer Chawan and P ulau Tekong. Of the 64 species, 29 are considered to be first records. In addition, two species, Lumbrineris hartmani (Day) and Prionospio k omaeti Hylleberg and Nateewathana, are first records outside their typ e localities in False Bay, South Africa, and west coast of Phuket Isla nd respectively. It was also shown that a great proportion of the poly chaete fauna appears to be essentially Indo-Pacific and belonging to t he tropical Indo-Malayan subregion of the Indo-West Pacific province.