Day, 1963
Description:
Body long, earth-worm-like with a single gill at the hind margin of the second chaetiger. Prostomium without appendages. Parapodia biramous, without lappets. Chaetae capillaries. Pharynx eversible. Pygidium with three cirri.
The worms of this small family live in sand and mud feeding on detritus.
After: Kirkegaard, 1996.
The following taxa of this family occur in the region:
Genus Cossura
Cossura longocirrata