WoRMS taxon details
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150 page(s): 10; note: http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Hutchings-and-Glasby-1988-Rec-Aust-Mus-401-160 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Prostomium compact, branchiae absent, lateral lobes present, well developed on peristomium, and segments 2 and 3. Notopodia begin on segment 4 and continue to segment 20 (17 pairs of notopodia). Notosetae of 2 types, narrow-winged capillaries with smooth tips and capillary setae with margins inwards curved to form a quill-shaped setae. Setae of segment 15 (setiger 12), considerably enlarged and thickened. Neuropodia from segment 5 (setiger 2) and continue to pygidium. Uncini avicular, initially arranged in single rows and then arranged in double rows from uncinigerous segment 7 to the end of the thorax, thereafter in single rows. [details]
Etymology "The generic name Arranooba (gender feminine) is an aboriginal word for a place in Western Australia." [details]
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