Hermundura, Muller, 1858

Ribeiro, Rannyele Passos, Barbosa, Aline Da Cruz, Freitas, Roberta, Zanol, Joana, Glasby, Christopher J. & Ruta, Christine, 2020, Pilargidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from coastal and deep waters of the Southwestern Atlantic, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4878 (1), pp. 56-76 : 72

Key to species of Hermundura found in Brazilian waters

1. Notopodial spines from chaetiger seven.................................................................... 2

- Notopodial spines from chaetiger nine or ten................................................................ 3

2. Notacicula emergent from chaetiger two, neurochaetae comprising finely hirsute spiral capillaries, pygidium rounded and depressed with three cirri subequal.............................................. Hermundura tricuspis Müller, 1858

- Notacicula emergent from chaetiger seven, neurochaetae hirsute and simple capillaries, pygidium globose with three cirri subequal........................................................ Hermundura fauveli ( Berkeley & Berkeley, 1941)

3. First two chaetigers are uniramous, subsequent ones unequally biramous, neurochaetae hirsute capillaries, a pair of subcutaneous eyes.................................................... Hermundura ocularis ( Emerson & Fauchald, 1971)

- Only first chaetiger uniramous and subsequent ones biramous, neurochaetae hirsute and simple capillaries, chaetiger three to five lack dorsal or ventral cirri........................................... Hermundura americana ( Hartman, 1947)