Amphisamytha
- Dataset
- Four new species of Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Pacific hot vents and cold seeps, with a key and synoptic table of characters for all genera
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Annelida
- class
- Polychaeta
- order
- Terebellida
- family
- Ampharetidae
- genus
- Amphisamytha
Amphisamytha
Key to species of Amphisamytha:
1. Eye-spots present. One pair of anal cirri present.......................................................................................................... 2
- Eye-spots absent. Anal cirri absent............................................................................................................................... 3
2. 2 eye-spots present. Abdominal glandular pads with dorsal cirri. Teeth of uncini in 2–3 vertical rows.... A. bioculata
- Numerous eye-spots present. Abdominal glandular pads without dorsal cirri. Teeth of uncini in 1 vertical row............................................................................................................................................................................. A. japonica
3. Up to 25 abdominal segments. Abdominal glandular pads with dorsal cirri.......................... A. vanuatuensis sp. nov.
- Up to 15 abdominal segments. Abdominal glandular pads without dorsal cirri.................................. A. galapagensis