Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Original diagnosis by Bick (2005: 2989): "Body not clearly divided in different regions. Anterior margin of prostomium with frontal horns; posterior end forming a short caruncle extending to chaetiger 1; without occipital antenna; eyes present. Nuchal organ as small ciliated patch on the posterior margin of the prostomium. Peristomium well developed. Branchiae absent. Postchaetal lamellae well developed only in the anterior body region. Mid-segmental dorsal ciliated crest present. Lateral organs absent. Notopodia with capillaries. Anterior neuropodia with capillaries; neuropodia of the middle and posterior body region with hooded hooks, replaced by grooved spines in some neuropodia of the middle body region. Some chaetigers of the middle body region with glandular organs. Sabre chaetae absent. Pygidium with four anal lobes."
Bick, Andreas. (2005). A new polychaete genus and species of the Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
Journal of Natural History. 39(32): 2987-2996.
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- Bick, Andreas. (2005). A new polychaete genus and species of the Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 39(32): 2987-2996. Bick, Andreas. (2005). A new polychaete genus and species of the Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 39(32): 2987-2996.
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