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Taxonomy
Endecamera Zottoli, 1982
Nomenclature
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Family: AmpharetidaeSubfamily: Ampharetinae
SUMMARY
Prostomium anteriorly pointed. Buccal tentacles smooth. Prostomial dorsal glandular ridges absent. Branchiae 4 pairs. All branchiae similar, all smooth. Paleae on segment 3 present, long. Dorsal crest absent. Nuchal (post branchial) hooks on segment 4 absent. Notopodia all similar. Notochaetae all smooth, present from segment 4. Neuropodia present, tori of similar length throughout thorax. Segments 3–6 without neurochaetae. Number of pairs of thoracic uncinigers 11. Abdominal notopodial rudiments absent. Anal cirri absent.
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:
Zottoli, R. 1982. Two new genera of deep-sea polychaete worms of the family Ampharetidae and the role of one species in deep-sea ecosystems. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95, 48-57.