Sphaerephesia sp. nov. 5 Fig. 30K, L

Diagnosis.

Body ellipsoid (3 mm, 23 chaetigers), with convex dorsum. Head with seven appendages, conical, smooth, lacking basal papillae or spurs; ~ 3-4 × as long as wide; median antenna shorter, digitiform. Antenniform papillae present; additional digitiform papillae covering the head. Four longitudinal rows of dorsal macrotubercles, one transverse row per segment; lateral rows closer to each other. Macrotubercles sessile, pear-shaped and with terminal papillae. Additional ellipsoid dorsal papillae, ~ 20 per between dorsal most macrotubercles, arranged in four or five irregular transverse rows. Ventral papillae, ~ 40 in mid-body segments, arranged in four or five irregular transverse rows. Parapodia with conical ventral cirri, not surpassing the tip of acicular lobe; and> 20 spherical parapodial papillae. All chaetae (> ten) compound, with blades> 15 × longer than wide in mid-body segments.

Re marks.

Identification as 'sp. nov.' is tentative, further analysis is needed to confirm.

Records.

2 specimens. Suppl. material 1: op. 42 (AM).