Lysarete Kinberg, 1865

Type species. Lysarete brasiliensis Kinberg, 1865

Diagnosis. Prostomium with three antennae, with two pairs of eyes; notopodia well developed; without any kind of hooded hooks; without branchiae; pygidium with anal cirri; maxillary apparatus with six pairs of maxillae, carriers longer than MI, joined to entire base of MI; MI forceps-like with internal accessory teeth, with attachment lamella; MII as long as MI, with ligament, wide attachment lamella along 2/3 of posterior lateral edge; without connecting plates; MIII completely pigmented, wide attachment lamella along entire lateral edge; MIV completely pigmented, wide attachment lamella; MV posterior to MIV; MVI displaced outward to the other maxillae. Mandible fused up to 3/4 of its length.