Genus Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856

Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856: 388 .

Psammolyce – Pettibone 1997: 4.

Type species

Psammolyce flava Kinberg, 1856 by subsequent designation (Hartman 1959: 117).

Diagnosis

Pelogeniinae with prostomium oval, wider than long. Upper lip without facial tubercle. Median antennal ceratophore bulbous, base without ctenidia. Segment II with or without middorsal triangular lobe; neuropodia with long appendages; neurochaetal blades tapered bifid. Segment III without dorsal cirri; neuropodia without appendages; neurochaetal blades tapered bifurcate. First pair of elytra enlarged.

Key to species of Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856

1. Segment II with middorsal triangular lobe; neuropodial lobe distally cylindrical; neurochaetae from middle region with bifurcate blades ............ P. flava Kinberg, 1856, Brazil, Grand Caribbean region

– Segment II without middorsal lobe; neuropodial lobe distally clavate; neurochaetae from middle region with bifurcate and entire blades....... P. horsti Pettibone, 1997, Indonesia, Indo-Pacific Ocean