Orbinia Quatrefages 1866
- Dataset
- Review of Orbiniidae (Annelida, Sedentaria) from Australia
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Annelida
- class
- Polychaeta
- family
- Orbiniidae
- genus
- Orbinia
diagnosis
Diagnosis (after Blake 2017; Sun & Li 2018). Prostomium conical, pointed, peristomium with 1 achaetous ring. Branchiae from chaetiger 5 – 20. Posterior thoracic chaetigers with postchaetal papillae (2 – many) and subpodial papillae (3 – many), usually forming ventral encircling fringe of 5 or more papillae. Thoracic neurochaetae including uncini or subuluncini, and crenulated capillaries; neuropodial modified spines absent; forked chaetae and flail chaetae present or absent in abdominal parapodia.
Name
- Homonyms
- Orbinia Quatrefages 1866