Genus Palola Gray in Stair, 1847

Palola Gray in Stair, 1847: 1718.— Fauchald 1992: 1179 –1181.

Type-species. Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847, by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Eunicids with calcified, scoop-shaped mandibles. Three antennae (1 medial, 2 lateral) and one pair of palps arranged in a horseshoe shape on prostomium. Peristomium consisting of two rings, with peristomial cirri on second peristomial ring. Chaetal arrangement lacking subacicular hooks and pectinate chaetae along the entire body; branchiae simple, if present, usually from the mid-body region.