Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885

Buccal tentacles smooth. Branchiae 4 pairs. All branchiae similar, all smooth. Paleae on segment 3 absent. Dorsal crest absent. Nuchal (post branchial) hooks on segment 4 absent. Notochaetae present from segment 5. Neuropodia present. Segments 3–6 with fine acicular neurochaetae. Number of pairs of thoracic uncinigers 10.

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:
Hartman, O. 1969. Atlas of the Sedentariate Polychaetous Annelids from California.
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.