Promastobranchus Gallardo, 1968

Lin, Jun-Hui, Garcia-Garza, Maria E., Mou, Jian-Feng & Lin, He-Shan, 2023, Description of a new Promastobranchus species (Annelida, Capitellidae) from Chinese coasts, with molecular evidence for intraspecific variation in the number of thoracic chaetigers, ZooKeys 1174, pp. 1-14 : 1

Genus Promastobranchus Gallardo, 1968

Promastobranchus Gallardo, 1968: 121; Green 2002: 324; Magalhães and Blake 2020: 391.

Type species.

Promastobranchus huloti Gallardo, 1968.

Diagnosis

(after Magalhães and Blake 2020). Prostomium rounded, without palpode; eyespots present in multiple spots. Peristomium clearly distinct from prostomium. First chaetiger biramous. Nine to thirteen thoracic chaetigers. Thoracic chaetigers with only capillaries in both rami. Thorax clearly demarked from abdomen. All abdominal segments transitional with notopodial capillaries and neuropodial hooded hooks. Branchiae absent. Genital pores, up to four pairs starting from chaetigers 9/10 or 10/11. Lateral organs present in thorax and abdomen. Pygidium adorned with a pair of ventral cirri.