Rhodininae


Rhodininae is a subfamily of marine polychaete worms in the family Maldanidae.

Description

Rhodininae worms are characterized by a lack of cephalic and pygidial plates, the presence of posteriorly directed collars in the posterior chaetigerous segments in at least one genus, a short low keel formed by the prostomium, acicular spines in notochaetae, absence of neurochaetae in a number of anterior chaetigers, presence of a double row of terebelloid uncini on some chaetigers, subrostral processes without barbules, an indeterminate number of chaetigers, and a conical pygidium.

Classification

The subfamily contains 3 genera and 10 species.
  • Rhodine7 species
  • Boguea – 2 species
  • Boguella – 1 species