Ninoe Kinberg, 1865

Carrera-Parra, Luis F., 2006, Phylogenetic analysis of Lumbrineridae Schmarda, 1861 (Annelida: Polychaeta), Zootaxa 1332, pp. 1-36 : 31

Ninoe Kinberg, 1865

Type species. Ninoe chilensis Kinberg, 1865

Diagnosis. Prostomium without antennae, without eyes; notopodia slightly developed; branchiae associated with anterior parapodia; simple multidentate hooded hooks present; pygidium with anal cirri; maxillary apparatus with five pairs of maxillae, carriers as long as MI, joined to entire base of MI; MI forceps-like without 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 free, reduced to attachment lamella, lateral to MIV and MIII. Mandible fused up to 3/4 of its length.