Laubier, 1967
Description: Antenna basally somewhat swollen. Nuchal slits oblique. Notopodial postchaetal lobes in the first chaetigers small and oval, posteriorly becoming long and filamentous. Neuropodial postchaetal lobes papilla-like. Modified neuropodial chaetae with a distinct hood and terminal prolongation (that often falls off), starting at chaetiger 19-70. Up to 25 pairs of gills, starting at chaetiger 4. Pygidium with two long and one short cirrus.
Size: Up to 8 mm for 75 segments.
Colour: Living animal yellowish, with dark green pigmentation. In alcohol prostomium, gills and dorsolateral part of anterior segments with brown pigmentation.
Habitat: Unknown.
Distribution: Arctic, North Pacific, Atlantic to Paraguay, Mediterranean, northern North Sea to Skagerrak. |