Pareulagisca


Pareulagisca is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The genus contains a single species, Pareulagisca panamensis, known from a single specimen, collected intertidally in Panama in the Pacific Ocean.

Description

Pareulagisca is characterised by having 16 pairs of elytra and about 37 segments. The lateral antennae are undivided and inserted terminally on the prostomium. There is a distinctive dorsal fold on segment 2. Unlike the related genus Eulagisca, Pareulagisca has long slender notochaetae with fine tapering tips in addition to stout notochaetae with blunt tips.