Levinsenia Mesnil, 1897

Lovell, Lawrence L. & Fitzhugh, Kirk, 2020, Taking a closer look: an SEM review of Levinsenia species (Polychaeta: Paraonidae) reported from California, Zootaxa 4751 (2), pp. 257-275 : 258-259

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Genus Levinsenia Mesnil, 1897 View in CoL

Tauberia Strelzov, 1973 . Fide Melville (1979).

Periquesta Brito & Núñez, 2002 . Fide Giere et al. (2007).

Type Species. Aonides gracilis Tauber, 1879 , designated by ICZN (Melville 1979) .

Description. Body threadlike, 16–30 mm long, 0.15–0.35 mm wide, sometimes with spiral or corkscrew shape.

Prostomium without median antenna; lateral, dorsal, and ventral ciliary patches present; terminal sensory organ or palpode present. Nuchal organs on peristomium. Four to seven prebranchial chaetigers, 4–22+ branchial pairs. Notopodial postchaetal lobes present; neuropodial postchaetal lobes absent. Capillary chaetae only in notopodia; neuropodia with capillary chaetae only in pre-branchial and branchial chaetigers, post-branchial chaetigers mixed, with capillary chaetae and apically curved acicular spines with fringe on convex side or with hooded apex. Pygidium tapered, with two anal cirri.

References

Brito, M. C. & Nunez, J. (2002) A new genus and species of Questidae (Annelida: Polychaeta from the central Macaronesian region and a cladistic analysis of the family. Sarsia, 87, 281 - 289. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00364820260400780

Giere, O., Ebbe, B. & Erseus, C. (2007) Questa (Annelida, Polychaeta, Orbiniidae) from Pacific regions-new species and reassessment of the genus Periquesta. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 7 (4), 304 - 319.

Strelzov, V. E. (1973) Polychaetous Annelids of the Family Paraonidae (Polychaeta, Sedentaria). Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Leningrad, 120 pp. [in Russian, translated by Smithsonian Institution]