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Pelogenia Schmarda 1861
Type species: Pelogenia antipoda Schmarda 1861
Diagnosis of Pelogenia : Elongate body, numerous segments, ventral surface usually papillated, middorsal surface with adhesive papillae and attached sand grains. Long dorsal cirri present on segment three; upper lip without facial tubercle. Elytral and neuropodial filiform papillae not articulated.
Source: Adapted after Pettibone, M.H. (1997). Revision of the sigalionid species (Polychaeta) referred to Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856, Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861, and belonging to the subfamily Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 581: 1-89.
Remarks: NZ sp. Genus revived by Pettibone (1997). Pelogenia seems to be characterised as unspecialised (without this, without that) alongside new genera she erected. Possibly the new genera are unnecessarily delimited in detail.
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Data last edited 8/08/2004 (dd/mm/yy), and page last generated by G. Read, 9/08/2004 (dd/mm/yy)