Diagnosis

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Moore's diagnosis is short but he identifies three characters for his genus: "The body is much elongated; anteriorly elytra and dorsal cirri alternate in the usual manner, but in the middle and posterior region all segments bear elytra only; a large free nuchal plate overlaps the prostomium dorsally."

Moore, J.P. (1905). New species of Polychaeta from the North Pacific, chiefly from Alaskan waters. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 57: 525-554, plates XXXIV-XXXVI. available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26293556