Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) of the deep Northwestern Atlantic, including remarkable new species of Euritmia and Sphaerephesia
Author
Capa, Maria
Author
Osborn, Karen J.
Author
Bakken, Torkild
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ZooKeys
2016
615
1
32
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.615.9530
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.615.9530
1313-2970-615-1
3C47DE97A10E4688A92A29F7F6155B72
Taxon classification Animalia Phyllodocida Sphaerodoridae
Sphaerodoropsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
Sphaerodoropsis
Hartman & Fauchald, 1971: 69;
Fauchald 1974
: 69.
Type species.
Sphaerodorum sphaerulifer
Moore, 1909.
Diagnosis.
Body generally short and ovoid, some forms slender. Four or more longitudinal rows of macrotubercles, in one or several transverse rows per segment. Macrotubercles sessile and smooth, without terminal papillae. Microtubercles absent. Papillae over body surface and parapodia. Prostomial and peristomial appendages short, spherical or digitiform. Parapodia with compound chaetae; hooks absent.