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Taxonomy
Paramphicteis Caullery, 1944
Nomenclature
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Family: AmpharetidaeSubfamily: Ampharetinae
SUMMARY
Prostomium anteriorly truncated, trilobed. Buccal tentacles papillose. Prostomial dorsal glandular ridges present. Branchiae 4 pairs. All branchiae similar, all smooth. Paleae on segment 3 absent. Dorsal crest absent. Nuchal (post branchial) hooks on segment 4 absent. Neuropodia present. Segments 3–6 without neurochaetae. Number of pairs of thoracic uncinigers 14. Abdominal notopodial rudiments present. 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:
Caullery, M. 1944. Polychétes sedentaire de l'Expedition du Siboga: Ariciidae, Spionidae, Chaetopteridae, Chloraemidae, Opheliidae, Oweniidae, Sabellariidae, Sternaspidae, Amphictenidae, Ampharetidae,Terebellidae. Siboga-Expeditie, Leiden 24, 1-204,157 figures.;
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.