Chaetozone Malmgren, 1867

Dean, Harlan K. & Blake, James A., 2007, Chaetozone and Caulleriella (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, with description of eight new species, Zootaxa 1451, pp. 41-68 : 42

Genus Chaetozone Malmgren, 1867

Type species Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867

Diagnosis. Prostomium conical, blunt or pointed anteriorly; peristomium elongate to short, with asetigerous annulations; dorsal tentacles emerging from peristomium or anterior setiger; middle body segments sometimes beaded or moniliform; setae include acicular spines in neuropodia and usually also in notopodia, sometimes forming posterior cinctures; bidentate spines sometimes present in juveniles or occasionally in posterior setigers of adults with unidentate spines in cinctures; pygidium simple lobe, disclike, or with long, terminal cirrus.