Streptosyllis Webster & Benedict, 1884, emended
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Streptosyllis Webster & Benedict, 1884, emended |
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Genus Streptosyllis Webster & Benedict, 1884, emended View in CoL
Streptosyllis Webster & Benedict, 1884: 711
Streptosyllis - San Martín 2003: 120
Streptosyllis - San Martín and Hutchings 2006: 354
Streptosyllis - Faulwetter et al. 2008: 2
Type species.
Streptosyllis arenae Webster & Benedict, 1884.
Diagnosis.
Body small. Four eyes, occasionally anterior pair of eyespots present. Palps fused at base, occasionally reduced to small papillae. Anterior parapodia with modified compound chaetae; sometimes with enlarged aciculae. Dorsal simple chaetae present, simple ventral capillary chaetae may be present in posteriormost chaetigers. Compound chaetae homogomph or hemigomph, falcigerous or spinigerous. Dorsal cirri smooth, pseudoarticulated or articulated with granular inclusions. Ventral cirri digitiform, sometimes longer than parapodial lobe. Pharynx unarmed with crown of soft papillae. Pygidium with one median and two lateral anal cirri.
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