Laubier & Ramos, 1973

Description:
Prostomium with very small, papilla-like antenna and big nuchal slits.
Notopodial postchaetal lobes filamentous, in the first segment a little sorter than the chaetae, becoming longer posteriorly.
Neuropodial postchaetal lobes absent.
Chaetae capillaries and modified chaetae without hoods from neuropodium 27-54 onwards.
Up to 36 pairs of gills, starting at chaetiger 3 or 4 (A. simonae-parapodium).
Pygidium with two long and one short cirrus.

Size:
Up to 45 mm for 175 segments.

Colour:
Whitish to blackish-brown.

Habitat:
Unknown.

Distribution:
North-eastern Atlantic to Mediterranean, northern North Sea.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Cirratulida
Family Paraonidae
Genus Aricidea
Species Aricidea simonae

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Aricidea simonae Laubier & Ramos, 1974

Scientific synonyms and common names

Aricidea simonae Laubier & Ramos, 1973

Hartmann-Schröder, G., 1996. Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. Tierwelt Deutschlands, 58: 1-648.

Laubier, L. & J. Ramos, 1973. Paraonidae (polychètes sédentaires) de Méditerranée. Bull. du Museum National d'Histoire naturelle 3e série, no. 168, Zoologie: 1097-1148.

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