Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Authors: "Anterolateral horns arising subanteriorly from prostomial margin, posterior part of prostomium extendend into short caruncle terminating at the end of chaetiger 1, with inconspicuous elevation at posterior end; occipital antenna lacking. Nuchal organs with two pairs of ciliary bands, continue as metameric double-paired ciliary bands (=metameric dorsal ciliated organs) between transversal ciliated bands of consecutive segments. Branchiae present from chaetiger 1. Large glandular organs present in chaetigers of the middle body region (chaetigers 5- 10). Neuropodial hooded hooks with pair of apical teeth present in posterior chaetigers."
Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Guggolz, T.; Götting, M. (2014). Spionidae (Polychaeta: Canalipalpata: Spionida) from seamounts in the NE Atlantic.
Zootaxa. 3786(3): 201-245.
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- Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Guggolz, T.; Götting, M. (2014). Spionidae (Polychaeta: Canalipalpata: Spionida) from seamounts in the NE Atlantic. <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3786(3): 201-245. Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Guggolz, T.; Götting, M. (2014). Spionidae (Polychaeta: Canalipalpata: Spionida) from seamounts in the NE Atlantic. <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3786(3): 201-245. Meißner, K.; Bick, A.; Guggolz, T.; Götting, M. (2014). Spionidae (Polychaeta: Canalipalpata: Spionida) from seamounts in the NE Atlantic. <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3786(3): 201-245.
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- Read, Geoffrey, G.B.