Genus Myrianida Milne-Edwards, 1845

REMARKS: According to the revision of the Autolytinae by Nygren (2004), the species formerly placed in the genus Autolytus Grube, 1850, were moved to the genus Myrianida Milne-Edwards, 1845.

* Myrianida brachycephala (Marenzeller, 1874) DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Marenzeller 1874; Stossich 1876, 1883; Carus 1884; Graeffe 1905; Cognetti 1958; Zavodnik 1967 b; Katzmann 1973 a, 1983; Požar-Domac 1994; Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Musco et al. 2004; Nygren 2004; Casellato & Stefanon 2008; Castelli et al. 2008; Mikac & Musco 2010; Musco 2012. OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Autolytus brachycephalus (Marenzeller, 1874); Proceraea brachycephala Marenzeler, 1874; Proceraea luxurians Marenzeler, 1874; Autolytus benazzii Cognetti, 1953.

Myrianida convoluta (Cognetti, 1953)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Musco et al. 2004; Castelli et al. 2008; Mikac & Musco 2010; Musco 2012.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Autolytus convolutus Cognetti, 1953.

Myrianida edwarsi (Saint-Joseph, 1887)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Cognetti 1958; Požar-Domac 1994; Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Castelli et al. 2008; Mikac & Musco 2010; Musco 2012.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Autolytus edwardsi Saint-Joseph, 1887.

® Myrianida hesperidium (Claparède, 1868)

DISTRIBUTION: NA.

NEW RECORDS: Near Rovinj (NA), in 2008 (F. Pleijel and A. Nygren, pers. comm.). REMARKS: This is the first record from the Adriatic Sea.

Myrianida longoprimicirrata (López, San Martín & Jiménez, 1997) DISTRIBUTION: NA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Nygren et al. 2010.

Myrianida pinnigera (Montagu, 1808)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Cognetti 1958; Požar-Domac 1986, 1994; Castelli et al. 2008.

Myrianida prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Banse 1959; Zavodnik 1965, 1967b; Katzmann 1971, 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Katzmann 1973 a; Velimirov & Sint 1975; Katzmann 1983; Amoureux 1983 c; Požar-Domac 1983, 1986, 1994; Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Musco et al. 2004; Casellato & Stefanon 2008; Castelli et al. 2008.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Autolytus prolifer (O.F. Müller, 1788); Autolytus prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788). REMARKS: Nygren (2004) reports the distribution of this species to be North East Atlantic and emphasizes that the name M. prolifera (as Autolytus prolifer) has been used for different, inadequately determined species. Preserved specimens may be confused mostly with M. edwarsi (Nygren 2004).

Myrianida quindecimdentata (Langerhans, 1884)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Castelli et al. 2008; Mikac & Musco 2010. OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Autolytus quindecimdentatus Langerhans, 1884. * Myrianida rubropunctata (Grube, 1860)

DISTRIBUTION: NA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Grube 1860, 1861; Lorenz 1863; Stossich 1883; Carus 1884; Zalokar 1942; Požar-Domac 1994; Castelli et al. 2008; Mikac & Musco 2010.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Autolytus rubropunctatus (Grube, 1860); Sylline rubropunctata Grube, 1860; Syllis rubropunctata Grube, 1860; Proceraea rubropunctata Grube, 1860.