Diagnosis
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Original diagnosis by Benham (1916: 138): ''The peristomium is produced laterally and ventrally to form a large, widely extending, collar-like lip (Cheilos = lip); the base of the notopodium is raised into a lamelliform expansion exceeding in height the rest of the parapodium throughout the greater part of the body.''
Benham, William B. (1916). Report on the Polychaeta obtained by the F.I.S. ''Endeavour'' on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Part II. Fisheries: Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. ''Endeavour'', 1909-14. H.C. Dannevig. Sydney. 4(2): 127-162, plates XLVI-XLVIII.
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