Kinberg, 1855
Description:
Body with numerous pairs of scales. Prostomium with a median antenna, a pair of basal auricles and a pair of palps. Peristomium with chaetae, a pair of lateral antennae, two pairs of tentacular cirri and ctenidia. Parapodia with ctenidial cushions and branchial cirri. Notopodial chaetae capillaries, neuropodial chaetae compound with bidentate and unidentate tips.
The following species of this genus occur in the region:
Sthenelais boa
Sthenelais jeffreysii
Sthenelais limicola
Sthenelais zetlandica