Sphaerephesia Fauchald, 1972

Capa, Maria & Bakken, Torkild, 2015, Revision of the Australian Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) including the description of four new species, Zootaxa 4000 (2), pp. 227-267 : 238

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.3
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scientific name	Sphaerephesia Fauchald, 1972
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Genus Sphaerephesia Fauchald, 1972 View in CoL

Type species. Sphaerephesia longisetis Fauchald, 1972

Diagnosis: Body mainly short and ovoid, some species slender. Four longitudinal rows of macrotubercles. Macrotubercles sessile with short terminal papillae. Microtubercles absent. Papillae over body surface and parapodia. Head appendages short, spherical or digitiform. Parapodia with compound chaetae; hooks absent.