(McIntosh, 1903)

Description:
Body long, cylindrical, with numerous segments.
Prostomium pointed, conical, longer than wide.
Prechaetal lobes of anterior parapodia without a distinct shape, postchaetal lobes of anterior parapodia small and conical; both become longer in posterior segments, finger-like. Anterior parapodia with winged capillary chaetae only. Simple hooded hooks start on about chaetiger 20. These with 7-9 teeth, the main fang only slightly bigger. Aciculae and chaetae yellow.
Mandibles fused for two-thirds of their length, with a clear semicircular striation and anterior black colouration. Maxillae I hooked; maxillae II with 4 teeth; maxillae III and maxillae IV unidentate (A. hibernica-detail).

Size:
Over 60 mm for over 180 chaetigers.

Colour:
Light salmon-coloured.

Habitat:
Found in mud and various mixtures of mud with sand, shell debris, gravel, rocks, slag and clay from 1.5 to 6000 m.

Distribution:
Northeast Atlantic from Norway to northwestern Spain.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Eunicida
Superfamily Eunicoidea
Family Lumbrineridae
Genus Abyssoninoe
Species Abyssoninoe hibernica

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Abyssoninoe hibernica (Mc Intosh, 1903)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Lumbriconereis hibernica McIntosh, 1903
Lumbrinereis hibernica Eliason, 1962
Lumbrineris scopa Fauchald, 1974
Abyssoninoe scopa Orensanz, 1990
Lumbrineris fragilis (non Müller) Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
Lumbrineris pseudo-fragilis Amoureux, 1977
Abyssoninoe hibernica Parapar et al., 1994

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

Kirkegaard, J.B., 1992. Havbørsteorme I. Danmarks Fauna, 83: 1-416.

Parapar, J., O'Connor, B., Besteiro, C. & V. Urgorri, 1994. Abyssonine hibernica (McIntosh) (Polychaeta, Lumbrineridae) a valid species from the Northeast Atlantic. Sarsia, 79: 157-162.

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