Banse, 1969
Description:
Body long and slender or short and broad. Prostomium rounded anteriorly, usually with two palps. Body consists of numerous segments, the most anterior without chaetae. Gills, if present, on the anterior segments. Parapodial lobes are very small. Notopodial chaetae are capillaries, neuropodial chaetae compound. Animals are usually burrowing in sand, mud or gravel (Acrocirridae).
After: Kirkegaard, 1996.
For identification to species level, jump to the Picture key: Page 377
The following taxa of this family occur in the region:
Genus Macrochaeta
Macrochaeta bansei
Macrochaeta clavicornis
Macrochaeta helgolandica
Macrochaeta polyonyx