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Timarete Kinberg 1866
Type species: Cirratulus anchylochaetus Schmarda 1861
Diagnosis of Timarete : Cirratulid with wedge-shaped prostomium, and nearly round body cross-section, with segments distinct. Grooved tentacular filaments arising in 2 groups from dorsum of 2 or more anterior chaetigers, posterior to chaetiger 1. Branchiae occurring singly or with several filaments per parapodium, becoming more dorsal in origin in middle body segments, with origin sometimes forming dorsolateral bulge. Chaetae capillaries and acicular spines. [includes Ambo fide Blake]
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.
Remarks: Includes Ambo?
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