Hypania Ostrooumouff, 1896

Prostomium anteriorly truncated, trilobed. Buccal tentacles smooth. Prostomial dorsal glandular ridges present. Branchiae 4 pairs. All branchiae similar, all smooth. Paleae on segment 3 present. Nuchal (post branchial) hooks on segment 4 present. Neuropodia present. Segments 3–6 without neurochaetae. Number of pairs of thoracic uncinigers 13. Abdominal notopodial rudiments present. 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:
Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms. Definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 28, 1-188.