Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
[Fide Fiege & Barnich, 2009] "Body flattened dorsoventrally, short, with up to 44 segments, more or less covered by elytra or short tail uncovered. Fifteen pairs of elytra on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 29, and 32. Prostomium with distinct cephalic peaks and three antennae; lateral antennae inserted ventrally; anterior pair of eyes dorsolateral on widest part of prostomium, posterior pair dorsal near hind margin of prostomium. Parapodia with elongate acicular lobes with both acicula penetrating epidermis; neuropodia with supra-acicular process. Notochaetae of two kinds: stout with blunt tip and slender with sharp, pointed tip; both with distinct rows of spines; neurochaetae with distinct rows of spines only distally, tips bi- and unidentate.
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- bibliographic citation
- Fiege, Dieter; Barnich, Ruth. (2009). Polynoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) associated with cold-water coral reefs of the northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 2 : 149-164. 9th International Polychaete Conference, Portland, ME, 2007.
- contributor
- Read, Geoffrey, G.B.
