Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Original diagnosis by Hartman (1944: 264): "The thorax consists of 11 segments, including a well-developed, achaetous peristomial ring; segments 2 to 5 have pointed limbate setae only, and segments 6 to 11 have long-handled uncini. The abdomen has numerous segments, provided with long-handled uncini only. It differs from Heteromastus Eisig in having 11, instead of 12, thoracic segments, and in lacking the reticulations on the cuticle; it differs from Capitomastus Eisig in having normal hooks on the last segments and in lacking the heavy, copulatory hooks on the last thoracic segments."
Hartman, O. 1944. Polychaetous annelids from California, including the descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 10(2): 239-307.
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- Hartman, O. 1944. Polychaetous annelids from California, including the descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 10(2): 239-307.
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