Zatsepinia Jirkov, 1986

Prostomium simple. Buccal tentacles smooth. Prostomial dorsal glandular ridges absent. Branchiae 2 pairs, or 3 pairs. All branchiae similar. Branchiae arranged in transverse line. Paleae on segment 3 absent. Nuchal (post branchial) hooks on segment 4 absent. Notopodia with one pair elevated, on chaetiger(s) 11. Notochaetae present from segment 4. Neuropodia present, tori of similar length throughout thorax. Segments 3–6 without neurochaetae. Number of pairs of thoracic uncinigers 10. Abdominal notopodial rudiments 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:
Jirkov, I. A. 1986. Zatsepinia rittichae gen. et sp. n. (Polychaeta, Ampharetidae) from the Norwegian and Barents Seas. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 65(2): 289-290
Imajima, M., Reuscher, M. G., & Fiege, D. (2013). Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part II: Genera with elevated and modified notopodia. Zootaxa, 3647(1), 137-166.