Armandia leptocirris Grube, 1878

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 : 459

21. Armandia leptocirris Grube, 1878

1878. Armandia leptocirrus Grube, Memoires de L’Academie Imperiale. des Sciences de St. Petersbourg Mem. Acad. Sci. S. Peterb., 25 (8): 194.

Diagnosis: Length 15-30 mm. Presence of 31-38 setigerous segments. Highly arched dorsal side. A prominent mid-ventral groove on the ventral side, located behind the mouth up to the posterior end. The parapodia arise from the dorsal margin of the ventro-lateral folds. Branchiae from 2 nd setiger to the last setiger. The last few setigers have longer setae than the ones preceding them. Beyond the 7 th setiger, each segment possesses 10- 12 pairs of centrally placed lateral eyespots. Anal funnel long, bordered by 11 papillae. A median jointed anal cirrus longer than papillae. Prostomium is anterior to mouth and highly muscular. Cephalic eyes represented as 2-3 brown spots, on the dorsal side of the prostomium underneath the body wall ( Tampi, 1958).

Distribution: India - Gulf of Mannar, Andaman Islands ( Fauvel, 1932). World- Indo-Pacific region, Persian Gulf, Margui archipelago ( Fauvel, 1932), Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf ( Wehe & Fiege, 2002).