Cirratulus Lamarck 1818

Genus Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818 Genus diagnosis (from Blake 1996). Prostomium wedge-shaped, elongate or blunt, usually with eyes; peristomium with 2–3 annulations. Two or more grooved tentacular filaments arising from a single anterior segment. Branchiae first present from same chaetiger as tentacula...

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Main Authors: Taboada, Sergi, Doner, Stacy, Blake, James A., Avila, Conxita
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5670026
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5670026
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Summary:Genus Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818 Genus diagnosis (from Blake 1996). Prostomium wedge-shaped, elongate or blunt, usually with eyes; peristomium with 2–3 annulations. Two or more grooved tentacular filaments arising from a single anterior segment. Branchiae first present from same chaetiger as tentacular filaments, occurring singly, continuing over most of body to posterior end. Parapodial rami well separated. Chaetae including capillaries and acicular spines. Published as part of Taboada, Sergi, Doner, Stacy, Blake, James A. & Avila, Conxita, 2012, A new species of Cirratulus (Annelida: Polychaeta) described from a shallow-water whale bone in Antarctica, pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 3340 on page 61, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.211639