Sphaerodoropsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971

Capa, María & Rouse, Greg W., 2015, Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, including the description of two new species and reproductive notes, Zootaxa 4019 (1), pp. 168-183 : 172

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6096001
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scientific name	Sphaerodoropsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
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Genus Sphaerodoropsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 View in CoL

Type-species. Sphaerodorum sphaerulifer Moore, 1909

Diagnosis. Body generally short and ellipsoid, some forms slender. Four or more dorsal longitudinal rows of macrotubercles, in one or several transverse rows per segment. Macrotubercles sessile and smooth, without terminal papillae. Microtubercles absent. Papillae over body surface and parapodia. Head appendages short, spherical or digitiform. Parapodia with compound chaetae; hooks absent.