SIPUNCULA FROM REUNION ISLAND (INDIAN-OCEAN)

Sipunculans collected by the 'MD 32' expedition to Reunion Island from depths ranging from 0 to 3520 m are recorded. Seventeen species in ni ne genera are recognized; four of them, Nephasoma constrictum, Phascol ion caupo, Apionsoma capitatum and Aspidosiphon mexicanus, have not be en recorded hitherto from the Indian Ocean. Significant morphological characters are described and illustrated. Small, juvenile forms are in cluded in the collection: these exhibit numerous tiny papillae over th eir integument, which is interpreted as being a constant character of recently settled juveniles.