Opisthodonta, Langerhans, 1879

San Martin, G & Hutchings, PA, 2006, Eusyllinae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the Description of a New Genus and Fifteen New Species, Records of the Australian Museum 58, pp. 257-370 : 302

publication ID

2201-4349

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240669

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038287B3-A22C-FFE7-A818-2498FA99FE3A

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scientific name

Opisthodonta
status

 

Key to Australian species of Opisthodonta View in CoL

1 Pharyngeal tooth inserted mid to far posterior of pharynx. Spinigerlike chaetae absent ......................................................................................................... O. morena View in CoL

—— Pharyngeal tooth located in front of middle of pharynx. Spinigerlike chaetae present ......................................................................................................................... 2

2 Spiniger-like chaetae about 84 µm in midbody, bidentate. Dark, transverse rows of pigment on anterior segments ............................................. O. melaenonephra View in CoL

—— Spiniger-like chaetae about 175 µm in midbody, weakly bidentate to unidentate. Lacking any colour pattern ..................................................... O. hanneloreae View in CoL n.sp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Phyllodocida

Family

Syllidae

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