Linnaeus, 1758
Description:
Body with 15 pairs of scales. Prostomium with a median antenna. 2 pairs of small sessile eyes, and a papillate facial tubercle. All chaetae simple, notopodial chaetae include capillaries that form felt, neuropodial chaetae include stout spines and laterally spinose chaetae.
The following species of this genus occurs in the region:
Aphrodita aculeata