A revision of Australian Pectinariidae (Polychaeta), with new species and new records
Author
Zhang, Jinghuai
Author
Hutchings, Pat
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-27
4611
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journal article
26668
10.11646/zootaxa.4611.1.1
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Genus
Pectinaria
Lamarck, 1818
Type-species.
Nereis cylindraria belgica
Pallas, 1766
, designated by
Hartman (1959)
.
Diagnosis
. Cephalic veil completely free from operculum. Rim of cephalic veil with numerous long cirri. Dorsal and lateral margin of semicircular operculum smooth. Ventral margin of operculum with numerous notopodial paleae on each side. Comb-like branchiae present on segments 3
–
4. Notopodia other than those of segment 1, which bear paleae, on segments 5
–
21 (17 pairs). Neuropodia, 13 pairs on segments 8
–
20 with transverse tori, with row of uncini. Uncini with more than one longitudinal rows of major teeth. Scaphe flattened dorsally with anal flap and distinctly separate from posterior segments.