A Review of the Genus Eunice - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Appendix A
Character List for Eunice
1. number of sctigers
2. total length (mm)
3. maximum width (mm)
4. first reached at at setiger
5. length through setiger 10 (mm)
6. width at setiger 10 (mm)
7. prostomial lobes
1. frontal ly truncate
2. frontally obliquely truncate
3. frontally rounded
8. prostomial lobes
1. dorsally inflated
2. dorsally flattened
3. dorsally excavate with thickened rim
9. median sulcus
1. median sulcus invisible dorsally
2. median sulcus shallow
3. median sulcus deep
10. prostomium
1. distinctly shorter than peristomium
2. about as long as peristomium
11. prostomium
1. about as wide as peristomium
2. distinctly narrower than peristomium
12. prostomium
1. less than 1 /i as deep as peristomium
2. at least as deep as l li of peristomium
13. eyes
1. present
2. absent
14. eyes
1. lateral to the bases of A-I
2. behind bases of A-I
3. between bases of A-I and A-I I
4. behind bases of A-I I
5. on ceratophores of A-I
6. on ceratophores of A-I I
15. antennae in a
1. horseshoe
2. semicircle
3. transverse row
16. antennae
1. evenly spaced
2. with A-I isolated by a gap
3. with A-I 11 isolated by a gap
17. antennae
1. similar in thickness
2. with A-I slimmer than other 3
3. with A-I 11 slimmer than other 4
4. with A-I thicker than other 3
5. with A-I I thicker than other 3
6. with A-III thicker than other 4
18. ceratophores
1. long in all antennae
2. long in A-I and ring-shaped in other 3
3. ring-shaped in all antennae
19. ceratophores
1. articulated
2. without articulations
20. ceratostyles
1. tapering
2. medially inflated
3. digitiform
4. club-shaped
21. ceratostyles
1. articulated
2. without articulations
22. ceratostyle articulations
1. long or short cylinders
2. moniliform or drop-shaped distally
3. moniliform
23. length of
1. A-II and III similar and A-I shorter
2. antennae increasing from A-I to A-III
3. A-II greater than A-I and A-III
4. all antennae similar (short)
24. peristomium
1. with distinct, muscular lower lip
2. cylindrical
25. separation between peristomial rings
1. visible dorsally only
2. visible ventrally only
3. visible both dorsally and ventrally
4. present on all sides
5. absent
26. anterior ring makes up
1. 1 /2 of total peristomial length
2. 2 /3 of total peristomial length
3. 3 A of total peristomial length
4. 4 /s of total peristomial length
5. s /6 of total peristomial length
6. 6 /7 of total peristomial length
7. 7 /8 of total peristomial length
8. 8 /9 of total peristomial length
9. 9 /io of total peristomial length
27. peristomial cirri reach
1. middle or anterior end of peristomium
2. middle or front of prostomium
3. beyond prostomium
28. peristomial cirri
1. tapering
2. digitiform
3. medially inflated
4. basally inflated
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