Terebellidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Author
Nogueira, João Miguel Matos
Author
Hutchings, Pat
Author
Carrerette, Orlemir
text
Zootaxa
2015
4019
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484
576
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.18
17696c34-012b-4e06-bd03-8516d44a6814
1175-5326
289527
906BB67C-F137-4CDA-A26B-77A025725800
Key to the genera of
Terebellidae
found in Lizard
Island
1. Lobes on anterior segments absent, except sometimes for a ventral lobe on segment 1, around the mouth............... 2
- Lobes on anterior segments present....................................................................... 3
2. (1) Distally winged notochaetae........................................................................
Nicolea
- Distally serrated notochaetae.....................................................................
Terebella
3. (1) Notopodia beginning from segment 4...................................................................... 4
- Notopodia beginning from segment 5............................................................
Reteterebella
4. (3) Long-handled uncini present at least in first pairs of neuropodia................................................. 5
- Short-handled uncini throughout.......................................................................... 6
5. (4) Only winged, laterally smooth notochaetae present........................................................
Pista
- Medially winged and distally serrated notochaetae also present..........................................
Lanicides
6. (4) Branchiae present, 1–3 pairs, beginning from segment 2....................................................... 7
- Branchiae absent..........................................................................
Lizardia
n. gen.
7. (6) Two or three pairs of arborescent branchiae................................................................. 8
- Single pair of plumous branchiae, on segment 2........................................................
Pistella
8. (7) Double rows of uncini in an intercalated arrangement......................................................... 9
- Double rows of uncini in a back to back arrangement........................................................ 10
9. (8) Three pairs of branchiae, on segments 2–4; lobes on segments 1–4, ventral on segment 1, ventro-lateral on segment 2 and pro- gressively more laterally placed on segments 3 and 4................................................
Eupolymnia
- Two pairs of branchiae, on segments 2–3; ventral lobe on segment 1 and lateral lobes on segment 3, inserted dorsally on seg- ment 3 and ventrally on segment 2..................................................................
Lanicola
10. (8) Pectinate uncini..................................................................................
Loimia
- Uncini with several transverse rows of secondary teeth...................................................
Lanice