| Out of eight species of pisionids sampled in Papua New Guinea, six are new to science: <i>Pisione helenae</i> n.sp., <i>P. parhelenae</i> n. sp., <i>P. parva</i> n. sp.,<i>P. brevicirra</i> n. sp.,<i>P. ungulata</i> n. sp. and <i>P. primitiva</i> n. sp. Some remarks are given for <i>P. subulata</i> Yamanishi, 1992, new for Papua New Guinea, and for <i>P. papuensis</i> Govaere & De Wilde, 1993. Special attention was paid to some female worms. A key is included for the Pisionidae of Papua New Guinea. |
