Prionospio sp.

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 : 457-458

14. Prionospio sp.

Diagnosis: In the anterior portion 30 setigers are present. Prostomium bottle-shaped, anteriorly rounded. 2 pairs of eyes; anterior pair rounded and posterior pair rectangular. Peristomium long. Anterior neuropodial setae lacking granulations. Dorsal folds absent. Shape of apinnate branchial pairs 2 and 3 is triangular. Notopodial postchaetal lamellae of setae 1 round and big ( Delgado-Blas, 2014).

Distribution: India - West coast of India from Cape Comorin to Dwarka ( Joydas & Damodaran, 2009), East coast of India along Vasishta Godavari Estuary ( Rao et al., 2009), Cannanore, Calicut, Trivandrum, Pondicherry, Nellore, Nizamapatnam ( Musale & Desai, 2011). World-

Northern Cyprus along Eastern Mediterranean Sea ( Çinar, 2005), Cap Bon Peninsula, North-Eastern coast of Tunisia, Western Mediterranean Sea ( Zaâbi et al., 2012), Sinop Peninsula along Southern Black Sea ( Şahin et al., 2017).