Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901)

Siddique, Alfisa, Purushothaman, Jasmine, Bhowal, Aishee & Mandal, Sumit, 2021, Distribution and diversity of Polychaeta (Phylum: Annelida) in the Northern coastal waters of Bay of Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (4), pp. 453-463 : 457

13. Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901)

1901. Prionospio pinnata Ehlers, Festschrift zur Feier des Hundertfünfzigjährigen Bestehens des Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse., 163–164.

1990. Paraprionospio pinnata Wilson, Mem. Mus. Vic. , 50 (2): 268–270, fig. 84–93.

Diagnosis: Prostomium bluntly pointed extending to first setiger. Three pairs of large pinnate branchiae on setigers 1-3. Notopodia large and pointed on the first five setigers. Neuropodial lamellae prominent pointed anteriorly and rounded posteriorly. Neuropodial hooks geniculate appearing from setiger 9. Notopodial hooded hooks appearing from middle body region. Eversible proboscis bilobate. Transverse ridge between branchial bases on setiger 1 ( Wilson, 1990).

Distribution: India- Konkan coast ( Vizakat, 1991), West coast of India from Cape Comorin to Dwarka( Joydas & Damodaran, 2009), East coast of India along Vasishta Godavari Estuary ( Rao et al., 2009), Mormugao, Karwar, Mangalore, Cannanore, Calicut, Kochi, Trivandrum, Pondicherry, Kakinada ( Musale & Desai, 2011). World- South Texas Continental Shelf ( Flint & Rabalais, 1980), Southern Australia ( Wilson, 1990), Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Gulf ( Wehe & Fiege, 2002), Northern Cyprus along Eastern Mediterranean Sea ( Çinar, 2005).