Eight new palaeonemertean species, belonging to the families Tubulanidae, Carinomidae, Cephalothricidae and Hubrechtidae, from the Gulf of Arabia are described and illustrated: Carinina johnstoni sp.n., Cariinesta dellechiajei sp.n., Callinera quatrefagesi sp.n., Callinera blanchardi sp.n., Carinoma renieri sp.n., Cephalotrichella gaimardi sp.n., Cephalothrix kefersteini sp.n. and Hubrechtella ehrenbergi sp.n.