Eupolymnia Verrill, 1900

Eupolymnia Verrill, 1900: 660; Hutchings & Glasby 1988:12 –13; Hutchings 1997a:147. Type species. Amphitrite nesidensis Delle Chiaje, 1828, designated by Hartman (1959).

Diagnosis. Prostomium compact, three pairs of branched branchiae on segments 2–4. Lateral lobes on segments 2–4. Notopodia from segment 4, 17 pairs, with smooth-tipped notochaetae. Neurochaetae as avicular uncini, present from segment 5.

Remarks. A neotype of the type species of the genus, E. nesidensis (Delle Chiaje, 1828), should be defined as almost nothing is known for certain about the species and type material is lost. As suggested elsewhere (Hutchings & Glasby, 1988), we recommend that a revision of the genus should be conducted to clarify possible synonyms.