Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818

Taboada, Sergi, Doner, Stacy, Blake, James A. & Avila, Conxita, 2012, A new species of Cirratulus (Annelida: Polychaeta) described from a shallow-water whale bone in Antarctica, Zootaxa 3340, pp. 59-68 : 61

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.211639
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5670026
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scientific name	Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818
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Genus Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818 View in CoL

Genus diagnosis (from Blake 1996). Prostomium wedge-shaped, elongate or blunt, usually with eyes; peristomium with 2–3 annulations. Two or more grooved tentacular filaments arising from a single anterior segment. Branchiae first present from same chaetiger as tentacular filaments, occurring singly, continuing over most of body to posterior end. Parapodial rami well separated. Chaetae including capillaries and acicular spines.

References

Blake, J. A. (1996) Family Cirratulidae Ryckholt, 1851. In: Blake, J. A., Hilbig, B. & Scott, P. H. (Eds.), Taxonomic Atlas of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Vol. 6. Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, California, 263 - 384.