Kuwaita Mohammad, 1973

Carrera-Parra, Luis F., 2006, Phylogenetic analysis of Lumbrineridae Schmarda, 1861 (Annelida: Polychaeta), Zootaxa 1332, pp. 1-36 : 27

Kuwaita Mohammad, 1973

Type species. Kuwaita magna Mohammad, 1973

Diagnosis. Prostomium with three antennae, without eyes; notopodia well developed; branchiae over dorsum in posterior parapodia; nephridial papillae present on posterior segments; simple multidentate hooded hooks; pygidium with anal cirri; maxillary apparatus with five pairs of maxillae, carriers as long as MI, joined to entire base of MI; MI forceps-like without internal accessory teeth, with attachment lamella; MII shorter than MI, with ligament, narrow attachment lamella along 2/3 of posterior lateral edge; wide strongly sclerotized connecting plates; MIII completely pigmented, attachment lamella wide along the entire lateral edge; MIV completely pigmented, attachment lamella wide; MV free, reduced to attachment lamella, lateral to MIV and MIII. Mandible free along most of its length.