Specimens of the spionid polychaetes (Polychaeta: Spionidae) were collected and examined in the subtidal shallow waters of Kwangyang Bay, southern coast of Korea, from April 1990 to November 1994. Five species of the genus Prionospio are described and illustrated: Prionospio (Minuspio) multibranchiata Berkeley, 1927, P. (Prionospio) saccifera Mackie and Hartley, 1990, P. (P.) bocki Soderstrom, 1920, P. (P.) membranacea Imajima, 1990, and P. (P.) paradisea Imajima, 1990. These five species of spionid polychaetes are reported for the first time in Korean waters.