(Grube, 1860)
Description:
Body long and fragile.
Prostomium rounded pentagonal to semicircular, broader than long, with four eyes in a trapezoid arrangement and two ocelli. Palps kidney- or pear-shaped, longer than the prostomium. Lateral antennae longer than palps, with 20 or more rings. Median antenna longer, with 29 or more rings. Tentacular and dorsal cirri very long, with 20-45 rings. Ventral cirri smooth, finger-like, somewhat longer or shorter than the parapodial lobes. Proboscis with 10-12 papillae and one large tooth anteriorly.
Compound chaetae with short, bidentate blades. Posterior parapodia dorsally and ventrally also with a simple bidentate chaeta; the dorsal one unidentate or weakly bidentate, the ventral one obviously bidentate (T. variegata-detail). 3 or 4 aciculae.
Two pygidial cirri, no tail.
Size:
Up to 35 mm for over 100 segments.
Colour:
Living animal brown, grey or reddish. Anterior part dark brown or with pink, oranje or brown transverse banding.
Habitat:
Unknown.
Distribution:
World-wide. Atlantic to English Channel and North Sea.