A revision of Australian Pectinariidae (Polychaeta), with new species and new records
Zhang, Jinghuai
Hutchings, Pat
Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-27
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Lamarck, 1818
Lamarck
1818
[238,559,429,455]
Polychaeta
Pectinariidae
Pectinaria
Animalia
Terebellida
37
38
Annelida
genus
Diagnosis. Cephalic veil completely free from operculum. Rim of cephalic veil with numerous long cirri. Dorsal and lateral margin of semicircular operculum smooth. Ventral margin of operculum with numerous notopodial paleae on each side. Comb-like branchiae present on segments 3 –4. Notopodia other than those of segment 1, which bear paleae, on segments 5 –21 (17 pairs). Neuropodia, 13 pairs on segments 8 –20 with transverse tori, with row of uncini. Uncini with more than one longitudinal rows of major teeth. Scaphe flattened dorsally with anal flap and distinctly separate from posterior segments.