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Neonotomastus Fauchald 1972

Diagnosis

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Original diagnosis by Fauchald (1972: 246): ''The thorax has ten setigers of which the first setiger has notopodial setae only. The first two abdominal setigers are transitional. The first abdominal notopodium has pointed setae and the first neuropodium has both pointed setae and long-handled uncini. The second abdominal notopodium has both long-handled uncini and pointed setae and the neuropodia have long-handled uncini only. All remaining abdominal setigers have long-handled uncini only.''

Reference

Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology. 7: 1-575.

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Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575. Fauchald, K. (1972). Benthic polychaetous annelids from deep water off western Mexico and adjacent areas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 7: 1-575.
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