Lepidonopsis Pettibone, 1977

Salazar-Silva, Patricia & Carrera-Parra, Luis Fernando, 2014, Revision of Lepidonopsis humilis (Augener, 1922) and description of L. barnichae sp. nov. (Annelida: Polychaeta: Polynoidae) based upon morphological and molecular characters, Zootaxa 3790 (4), pp. 555-566 : 565

Key to species of Lepidonopsis Pettibone, 1977

1. Segment two dorsally projecting over prostomium as one or two lobes; bidentate neurochaetae....................... 2

- Segment two without lobe; unidentate neurochaetae.......................... L. collinifer Barnich, Fiege & Sun, 2004

2. Segment two with one lobe dorsally projected over prostomium; elytra with conical macrotubercles slightly bent; tuft of papil- lae on all elytra, isolated from marginal papillae............................................ L. barnichae sp. nov.

- Segment two with two lobes dorsally projecting over prostomium; elytra with hemispherical macrotubercles covered by small nodules; tuft of papillae only on first pair of elytra....................................... L. humilis ( Augener, 1922)