Lumbrinerides Orensanz, 1973

Type species.

Lumbrinerides gesae Orensanz, 1973.

Diagnosis

(based on Miura 2017). Body cylindrical without colour pattern; prostomium acorn-shaped with tapered distal end, pygidium with semi-circular profile. Maxillary apparatus comprising four pairs of maxillae; maxilla I furcate with or without accessory teeth on inner edge, maxilla II a semi-circular plate with two or three teeth, maxilla III a rectangular (semi-circular in dorsal view) plate lacking well-formed teeth on cutting edge, maxilla IV a long broad oval plate without obvious teeth; maxillary carriers long, thick, winged posteriorly; lateral supports triangular comprising many thin small plates. All species with limbate chaetae and simple bidentate hooded hooks.