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Polychaeta source details
Gaston, G.R. (1984). Family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909. Pp: 2-1 to 2-53. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091. Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
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Gaston, G.R.
1984
Family Paraonidae Cerruti, 1909. Pp: 2-1 to 2-53. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds).
Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Final report to the Minerals Management Service, contract 14-12-001-29091
Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Paraonids are small (2-3 mm) to medium-sized (3 cm), slender-bodied polychaetes with numerous segments. The well-developed prostomium is rounded and usually bears eyes, an unpaired prostomial antenna, terminal sense organs, and paired nuchal organs. The buccal or peristomial segment is reduced and indistinctly separated from the prostomium. Parapodia are biramous, without acicula, each ramus slightly projecting from the surface of the body and bearing setae. Branchiae are simple, strap-like processes, arranged in pairs on the dorsal surface of a variable number of anterior setigers. Setae include simple capillary setae, and in most cases, some form of modified setae. Modified setae in the notopodia are variously shaped lyrate setae. Modified setae in the neuropodia may include a variety of forms. The pygidium usually consists of a dorsally slanted anal lobe bearing 2-3 anal cirri.
Gulf of Mexico
Systematics, Taxonomy
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