Sphaerodoropsis Hartman and Fauchald 1971
- Dataset
- Revision of the Australian Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) including the description of four new species
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Annelida
- class
- Polychaeta
- order
- Phyllodocida
- family
- Sphaerodoridae
- genus
- Sphaerodoropsis
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Body generally short and ovoid, some forms slender. Four or more longitudinal rows of macrotubercles, in one or several transversal rows per segment. Macrotubercles sessile and smooth, without terminal papillae. Microtubercles absent. Papillae over body surface and parapodia. Head appendages short, spherical or digitiform. Parapodia with compound chaetae; hooks absent.
materials_examined
Type species. Sphaerodorum sphaerulifer Moore, 1909.