Paraonis fulgens (Levinsen, 1884)

Aonides fulgens Levinsen, 1884: 101 –103.

Paraonis fulgens .— Cerruti 1909: 468 –469, 495, fig. H; Strelzov 1973: 51 –53, fig. 20A–E; Gaston 1984: 2.47–2.49, fig. 2.46; Hartmann-Schröder 1996: 387 –388, fig. 184; Kirkegaard 1996: 34 –35, fig. 14; Aguirrezabalaga 2012: 270 –272, fig. 124.

Records from Norwegian or adjacent waters. Oresund (Levinsen 1884; Strelzov 1973), Kattegat (Hartmann- Schröder 1996).

Diagnosis. Antenna and secondary ciliary organs absent; accessory ciliary bands present. Three prebranchial segments. Branchiae numbering up to 25 pairs; triangular with abruptly tapering tips. Modified notochaetae forked. Modified neurochaetae as strongly curved hooks bearing subdistal sheath (Aguirrezabalaga 2012).

Distribution. Atlantic, eastern coast from Oresund (Strelzov 1973) to southern Iberian Peninsula (Aguirrezabalaga 2012) and western coast from New England (Pettibone 1963) to the Gulf of Mexico (Gaston 1984). Mediterranean (Laubier & Ramos 1974). Baltic Sea (Hartmann-Schröder 1996).