Hyalinoecia abranchiata Lechapt, 1997

Diagnosis.

Frontal lips fused; palps subulate, with brown median patch. Eyes absent; peristomial cirri absent. Parapodium 1 enlarged; chaetigers 1 and 2 with bidentate simple hooks; limbate and scoop-shaped pectinate chaetae from chaetiger 2. Branchiae absent. Clear, quill-like tubes.

Remarks.

The species was originally described from abyssal zones off New Caledonia. It is new to Australian waters.

Records.

7 specimens. Suppl. material 1: ops. 80, 128 (AM).