Terebellidae, Grube, 1850

Santos, Andre Souza Dos, Nogueira, João Miguel De Matos, Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi & Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, 2010, New terebellids (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 2389 (1), pp. 1-46 : 4

Key to the species of Terebellidae found at the Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Ponta de Tubarão

1. Branchiae as multiple unbranching filaments; neuropodia with uncini arranged in single rows throughout..... Subfamily Thelepodinae ...................................................................................................... Streblosoma patriciae sp. nov.

- Branching branchiae; neuropodia with uncini arranged in double rows at least on some segments.............................. ............................................................................................................................................Subfamily Terebellinae ….2

2. Three pairs of branchiae; neuropodia with uncini arranged in double rows extending to posterior body ..................... .............................................................................................................................................. Terebella leslieae sp. nov.

- Two pairs of branchiae; neuropodia with uncini arranged in double rows not extending beyond the segment on which notopodia terminate............................................................................................................................................ 3

3. Lobes on anterior segments absent; short-handled uncini throughout ................................... Nicolea ceciliae sp. nov.

- Lobes on anterior segments present; long-handled uncini on segments 5–20, short-handled uncini from segment 21. ..................................................................................................................................................... Pista alonsae sp. nov.