Abderos Schüller & Jirkov, 2013

Prostomium trilobed. Buccal tentacles papillose. Prostomial dorsal glandular ridges absent. Branchiae 2 pairs. All branchiae similar, all papillose or pennate. Branchiae arranged in transverse line. Paleae on segment 3 absent. Dorsal crest absent. Nuchal (post branchial) hooks on segment 4 absent. Notochaetae present from segment 4. Neuropodia present. Segments 3–6 without neurochaetae. Number of pairs of thoracic uncinigers 12. Abdominal notopodial rudiments absent. Anal cirri present, 1 pair.

Description generated from: Hutchings, PA & Johnson, RT, 2003. Australian Ampharetidae (Polychaeta) DELTA database. In Wilson RS, Hutchings PA & Glasby CJ (eds) Polychaetes: Interactive Identification and Information Retrieval. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Additional references:
Schueller, M., & Jirkov, I. A. (2013). New Ampharetidae (Polychaeta) from the deep Southern Ocean and shallow Patagonian waters. Zootaxa, 3692(1), 204-237.