Palola Gray

Schulze, Anja, 2015, Six genetically distinct clades of Palola (Eunicidae, Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Zootaxa 4019 (1), pp. 695-706 : 697

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.23
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Genus Palola Gray View in CoL in Stair, 1847

Palola Gray View in CoL in Stair, 1847: 1718.— Fauchald 1992: 1179 –1181.

Type-species. Palola viridis Gray in Stair, 1847, by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Eunicids with calcified, scoop-shaped mandibles. Three antennae (1 medial, 2 lateral) and one pair of palps arranged in a horseshoe shape on prostomium. Peristomium consisting of two rings, with peristomial cirri on second peristomial ring. Chaetal arrangement lacking subacicular hooks and pectinate chaetae along the entire body; branchiae simple, if present, usually from the mid-body region.