A catalogue of the scaleworm genus Lepidonotus (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) from South America, with two new records for Brazilian waters Author De Assis, Jose Eriberto Departamento de Zoologia, Centro de Ciencias Biologicas - UFPE. Av. Prof. Morais Rego, 1235, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil. CEP: 50670 - 901 eri.assis@gmail.com Author de Brito, Rafael Justino Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologia, Centro de Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza - UFPB, Cidade Universitaria, CEP 58059 - 900, Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brasil Author Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologia, Centro de Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza - UFPB, Cidade Universitaria, CEP 58059 - 900, Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brasil Author de Souza, Jose Roberto Botelho Departamento de Zoologia, Centro de Ciencias Biologicas - UFPE. Av. Prof. Morais Rego, 1235, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil. CEP: 50670 - 901 text ZooKeys 2015 2015-11-09 533 63 98 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.533.6184 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.533.6184 1313-2970-533-63 3366BE96228D42458BB75D14A66D9DDC 1647FFD31415CC582873406D1265FFE4 579156 17. Lepidonotus tomentosus (Grube, 1856) Polynoe tomentosa Grube, 1856 (Punta Arenas, Chile).- Quatrefages 1866 : 225-226. Polynoe (Lepidonotus) pilosella Grube, 1878. Lepidonotus tomentosus .- Fauvel 1919b : 472-473, fig. 1a-d (French Guyana), 1923 (French Guyana).- Hartman 1959 .- Perkins and Savage 1975 : 21.- Dean 2004 (Costa Rica). Type locality. Punta Arenas, Chile. Distribution. Eastern Pacific from Costa Rica and Chile. Western Atlantic from French Guyana. Remarks. There is material in the USNM from the Galapagos Islands.