Leocrates Kinberg, 1866

Wang, Zhi, Qiu, Jian-Wen & Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., 2018, Redescription of Leocrates chinensis Kinberg, 1866 (Annelida, Hesionidae), Zoological Studies (Zool. Stud.) 57 (5), pp. 11-11 : 3

Genus Leocrates Kinberg, 1866

Type species: Leocrates chinensis Kinberg, 1866 , by monotypy.

Type locality: Hong Kong.

Leocrates Kinberg, 1866: 244 , 1910: 57; Pleijel 1998:108-109 (synonymy).

D i a g n o s i s: B o d y w i t h 1 6 c h a e t i g e r s. P r o s t o m i u m w i t h t w o p a i r s o f e y e s, p a l p s biarticulate; three antennae. Nuchal organs usually exposed, either horizontal C-, L- or U-shaped. Pharynx with prominent dorsal papilla, and a ventral jaw and one or two dorsal jaws. Peristomium with eight pairs of tentacular cirri. Parapodia biramous, except a few anterior subbiramous ones. Notochaetae subidstally spinulose capillaries. Neurochaetae heterogomph compound falcigers; blades uni- or bidentate, guards present, approaching subdistal tooth or slightly surpassing it.