Pleijel, 1993

Description:
Body slender, anteriorly and posteriorly tapered.
Prostomium rounded, conical, longer than broad. Eyes medium-sized, red, situated near the posterior margin of the prostomium. Median antenna very small, papilliform and situated just anterior to the eyes. Proboscis covered with conical papillae. Terminal ring of 6 big and 6 small papillae (P. spinachia-proboscis). Dorsal tentacular cirri of segment 2 reaching about segment 4; ventral tentacular cirri oval, flattened, somewhat bigger than the ventral cirri, with a ventral ciliary band. Dorsal cirri oval, one and a half to two times as long as broad. Ventral cirri similar to dorsal cirri but smaller (P. spinachia-parapodium). Terminal end of chaetal shaft with many teeth, decreasing in size proximally. Blades of medium length.
Pygidial cirri oval to finger-like (P. spinachia).

Size:
Up to 12 mm long for 75 segments.

Colour:
Living animals transparent whitish to yellowish, with many dark green spots.

Habitat:
Unknown.

Distribution:
Northern North Sea to northern Öresund, Mediterranean.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Phyllodocida
Superfamily Phyllodocoidea
Family Phyllodocidae
Genus Pseudomystides
Species Pseudomystides spinachia

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Pseudomystides spinachia Petersen & Pleijel in Pleijel, 1993

Scientific synonyms and common names

Pseudomystides spinachia Pleijel, 1993

Hartmann-Schröder, G., 1996. Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. Tierwelt Deutschlands, 58: 1-648.

Pleijel, F., 1993. Polychaeta Phyllodocidae. Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia, 8: 1-159.

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