Megalomma, Johansson, 1925

Capa, María & Murray, Anna, 2009, Review of the Genus Megalomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in Australia with Description of Three New Species, New Records and Notes on Certain Features with Phylogenetic Implications, Records of the Australian Museum 61 (2), pp. 201-224 : 222

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.0067-1975.61.2009.1529

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scientific name

Megalomma
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Key to Australian species of Megalomma View in CoL

1 Dorsal collar margins fused to the faecal groove .......................................................................... 2

—— Dorsal collar margins well separated ............................................................................................. 4

2 Dorsal collar lappets present .......................................................................................................... 3

—— Dorsal lappets absent ............................................................................................... M. inflata n.sp.

3 Lappets large, spatulate in shape ................................................................... M. cf. acrophthalmos

—— Low lappets. Over 20 rows cells in radiolar skeleton........................................... M. phyllisae n.sp.

4 Subdistal eyes in dorsalmost and lateral radioles .............................................. M. interrupta n.sp.

—— Subdistal eyes present only in dorsal most radioles (1–3 pairs) ............................. M. cf. miyukiae the species described in Australia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Sabellida

Family

Sabellidae

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