Diagnosis
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Original diagnosis by Monro (1931: 26): ''Capitellids with 16 thoracic segments, of which 15 are chaetigers. The thorax carries capillary bristles only, and the abdomen only hooks. No gills were seen.''
Monro, C.C.A. (1931). Polychaeta, Oligochaeta, Echiuroidea and Sipunculoidea. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29, British Museum (Natural History). 4(1): 1-37.
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Diagnosis
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Diagnosis by García-Garza & de Léon-González (2009: 1438): ''Thorax with 16 segments including achaetous peristomium; 15 chaetigers with capillaries chaetae; first chaetiger birramous; lateral organs and genital pore presents; mid-dorsal lobe on some segments, abdominal hooded hooks multidentated; branchiae present or absent.''
García-Garza M.E.; de León-González, J.A. (2009). A new species of Dasybranchethus (Annelida: Capitellidae) from Mexican Pacific, with a redescription of Dasybranchethus fauveli. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 89(7): 1437-1441.
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