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Boccardia Carazzi 1895
Type species: Polydora (Leucodore) polybranchia Haswell 1885
Diagnosis of Boccardia : Spionid with prostomium rounded or incised, extending posteriorly as caruncle. Chaetiger 1 with or without notochaetae. Chaetiger 5 modified with 2 types of major spines, few capillary notochaetae, or these absent. Bidentate hooded hooks with conspicuous angle between teeth, without constriction or manubrium on shaft; first appearing on chaetiger 7-8. Posterior notopodial spines present or absent. Branchiae beginning on chaetiger 2, absent from chaetiger 5, present thereafter and continuing for variable number of segments. Pygidium disc-like with or without separate lobes or reduced to small lobes or cuffs.
Source: Modified after: Blake, J. A. ; Kudenov, J. D. 1978: The Spionidae (Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia and adjacent areas with a revision of the genera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 171-280.
Remarks: Polydora (Leucodore) polybranchia is a name of uncertain or debatable validity. However, the generic concept is unchallenged.
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