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FIGURE 111.—Eunice tubicola (holotype, AMNH 1540): a, anterior end, lateral view; b, parapodium 8, anterior
view; c, compound spiniger, parapodium 8; d, appendage of compound falciger, parapodium 8; e, parapodium 26,
anterior view; f, compound falciger, parapodium 26; g, pectinate seta, parapodium 26; h, subacicular hook,
parapodium 26. (Scale bars in mm.)
(Figure lllg), delicate, tapering, flat. About 12 teeth present.
Shafts of compound falcigers (Figure 11 If) strongly inflated.
Appendages short and slender, bidentate. Proximal and distal
teeth well developed, slender, tapering, curved and nearly
parallel in median setigers, diverging in anterior setigers
(Figure Hid). Guards blunt with marginal teeth; mucros
absent. Pseudocompound falcigers absent. Compound spinigers
(Figure 111c) in first 12 setigers. Shafts strongly inflated;