Chaetopterus of Family Chaetopteridae

Chaetopterus Cuvier 1827

Type species: Tricoelia variopedatus Renier 1804

Diagnosis of Chaetopterus : Chaetopterid with peristomium bearing palps; tentacular cirri absent. Anterior body region with 8-12 uniramous segments, except posteriormost segment occasionally with neuropodia and chaetae. Middle region with notopodia fused across dorsum forming paddles. Posterior region with digitiform notopodia.

Notochaetae lanceolate, neurochaetae thin uncini with pectinate edges. Chaetiger 4 with stout, straight-shafted, cutting chaetae. Tube parchment-like, with narrowed openings either end.

Source: Much modified and extended after Blake, J. A. 1996: Family Chaetopteridae Malmgren, 1867. p. 233-252. In J. A. Blake et al. (ed.) Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Volume 6. The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. 1st, ed.

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