Depth range
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5-14 m.
Diagnosis
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""Parapodia biramous, with prechaetal lobe and ventral lobe; prechaetal lobe symmetrical, with a notch giving distal border a bilobed appearance. Anal tube barrel-shaped, straight at base, increasing width at midline and tapering again towards distal end; anal tube opening directed posteriorly, not laterally compressed; posterior border provided with 10 pairs of short paired anal cirri of different length, about 1/5 as long as anal tube length; internal unpaired anal cirrus and pair of basal cirri present." (Parapar & Moreira, 2015: 582-583)."
Distribution
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Australia (Queensland), Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island: Vicki's Reef, in front of Palfrey Island, and NW Watson's Bay.
Habitat
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Sublittoral (5-14 m) sand, muddy sand, and sandy mud.