Leodamas Kinberg 1866 ...

Genus Leodamas Kinberg, 1866 Type-species: Leodamas verax Kinberg, 1866, by monotypy. Synonym: Branchethus Chamberlin, 1919. Type-species: Branchethus latum Chamberlin, 1919, by monotypy. Fide Hartman 1957. Diagnosis. Prostomium pointed on anterior margin, usually prolonged; most species with a sing...

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Main Author: Blake, James A.
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Published: Zenodo 2017
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4901773
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.4901773
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Summary:Genus Leodamas Kinberg, 1866 Type-species: Leodamas verax Kinberg, 1866, by monotypy. Synonym: Branchethus Chamberlin, 1919. Type-species: Branchethus latum Chamberlin, 1919, by monotypy. Fide Hartman 1957. Diagnosis. Prostomium pointed on anterior margin, usually prolonged; most species with a single achaetous peristomial segment; immature adults of some species with two achaetous peristomial segments and adults of at least one species with vague indication of two achaetous segments. Branchiae single or multiple branches, either from anterior thoracic setigers 4–7 or from posterior thoracic setigers or first abdominal setigers. Posterior thoracic setigers with 0–2 postsetal lobes and 0–2 subpodial lobes, never more than four lobes of both types combined; not forming ventral fringes. Thoracic neuropodial uncini large, conspicuous arranged in one to many distinct vertical rows, with accompanying capillaries few or entirely lacking; heavy spear-like spines and bristle-topped setae absent. Abdominal neuropodia ... : Published as part of Blake, James A., 2017, Polychaeta Orbiniidae from Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, the Abyssal Pacific Ocean, and off South America, pp. 1-145 in Zootaxa 4218 (1) on pages 48-59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.245827 ...