Eulalia of Family Phyllodocidae

Eulalia Savigny 1817

Type species: Nereis viridis Linnaeus 1767

Diagnosis of Eulalia : Phyllodocid with prostomium with 5 antennae; proboscis with papillae, diffusely arranged or forming rows. Segments 1 to 3 all complete, visible dorsally, free from one another and prostomium; with 4 pairs of tentacular cirri, all of the same form or with ventral tentacular cirrus of segment 2 flattened and broad; chaetae from segment 2 or 3; tentacular formula: 0 1/0 + S 1/1 or 0 1/1 + S 1/v. Parapodia uniramous, with pointed dorsal and ventral cirri. Rostrum of chaetal shaft with large number of teeth, slightly decreasing in size proximally. [Includes genus Steggoa]

Source: Blake, J. A. 1994: Family Phyllodocidae Savigny, 1818. p. 115-186. In J. A. Blake ; B. Hilbig (ed.) Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. 1st, ed.

Remarks: Includes Steggoa

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