Dipolydora socialis (Schmarda, 1861)

Leucodore socialis Schmarda, 1861: 64, fig. a–c, plate 26, fig. 209.

Polydora socialis .— Hartman, 1951: 83. Johnson, 1984: 6.28–6.30, fig. 6.19–6.20.— Gobin, 1990: 43. Dipolydora socialis . — Blake, 1996: 189 –192, fig. 4.34.— Bone & Viéitez, 2002: 70 –71.

Type locality. Viña del mar, Chile.

Type material. Not found

Records. USA: Alligator Harbor, Franklin Co., Florida, 1.8 m, silt-covered tube and mud flats (Hartman 1951); off Florida, 10–106 m, coarse to very fine sand, silty fine sand, clayey sand, sandy clayey silt (Johnson 1984). Trinidad and Tobago: Oropuche (Gobin 1990). Venezuela: Morrocoy (Bone & Viéitez 2002).

Remarks. Description of the specimens from Gulf of Mexico given by Hartman (1951) is brief and without illustrations, the identity of the records needs to be confirmed against the type material. Among specimens recorded in the Grand Caribbean by Johnson (1984), Gobin (1990) and Bone & Viétez (2002), their identity is based on published descriptions and their identity should be confirmed against the type material.