Paradoneis armata Glémarec, 1966

Sikorski, Andrey, 2017, The Paraonidae (Annelida: Sedentaria) from Norway and adjacent seas, with two new species, four new records, and a redescription of Paraonides nordica Strelzov, 1968 based on type material, Zootaxa 4320 (1), pp. 41-67 : 62

Paradoneis armata Glémarec, 1966

Paradoneis armata Glémarec, 1966: 1046 –1049, figs. 1B–C, 2; Kirkegaard 1996: 29 –31, fig. 11; Aguirrezabalaga 2012: 248 – 251, figs. 110–111.

Cirrophorus armatus .— Strelzov 1973: 111 –113, fig. 47A–E; Hartmann-Schröder 1996: 383 –384, fig. 180.

Records from Norwegian or adjacent waters. Forties oilfield, North Sea ( Hartley 1981).

Diagnosis. Antenna and secondary ciliary organs absent. Three prebranchial segments. Branchiae numbering up to 18 pairs; branchiae ciliated, with wide base and rounded tip, those of posterior branchial chaetigers clearly thinner. Modified notochaetae forked in anterior chaetigers, then acicular and with a subdistal spine attached to a conspicuous knob on the stem. All neurochaetae capillaries ( Aguirrezabalaga 2012).

Distribution. Eastern Atlantic, from North Sea ( Hartley 1981) to Portugal ( Gil & Sardà 1999). Mediterranean ( Laubier & Ramos 1974). Morocco and Ivory Coast ( Hartmann-Schröder 1996). Thailand ( Lovell 2002). Western Mexico (de León–González et al. 2006).