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Hyboscolex Schmarda 1861
Type species: Hyboscolex longiseta Schmarda 1861
Diagnosis of Hyboscolex : Prostomium T-shaped, with irregular pair of eye pigment areas; body arenicoliform (not grub-like), segments may be annulated; branchiae absent, posterior parapodial cirri absent. Chaetae are capillaries and furcate chaetae; anterior acicular spines absent.
Source: Adapted from information in Kudenov, J.D.; Blake, J.A. (1978). A review of the genera and species of the Scalibregmidae (Polychaeta) with descriptions of one new genus and three new species from Australia. Journal of Natural History 12: 427-444.
Remarks: Scalibregmatid generic distinctions are unsatisfactory, and thus are likely to be redefined and clarified for this genus in the future.
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Data last edited 7/08/2004 (dd/mm/yy), and page last generated by G. Read, 9/08/2004 (dd/mm/yy)