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Dodecaceria Oersted 1843
Type species: Dodecaceria concharum Oersted 1843
Diagnosis of Dodecaceria : Prostomium blunt, forming hood over mouth. Peristomium long, acheatous, with pair of thick grooved tentacles at junction with chaetiger 1. One to several pairs of branchial filaments follow. Chaetae simple, including capillaries and stout spoon-shaped hooks
Source: Modified after Blake, J. A. 1996: Family Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851. Including a Revision of the Genera and Species from the Eastern North Pacific. p. 263-384. 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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Data last edited 20/07/2004 (dd/mm/yy), and page last generated by G. Read, 9/08/2004 (dd/mm/yy)