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Ficopomatus Southern 1921
Type species: Ficopomatus macrodon Southern 1921
Diagnosis of Ficopomatus : Seven thoracic segments, six uncinigerous; collar chaetae with coarse serrations (teeth). Uncini with 6-12 teeth. Geniculate chaetae present in abdomen. Operculum bulbous, fig-shaped, terminated by horny plate, with or without spines; opercular peduncle without wings. Tube white, circular with or without flared peristome rings.
Source: Adapted after ten Hove, H.A.; Weerdenburg, J.C.A. (1978). A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960. Biological Bulletin 154: 96-120.
Remarks: Ficopomatus includes several formerly separate estuarine serpulid genera.
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