Sphaerephesia Fauchald, 1972

Magalhães, Wagner F., Bailey, Julie H., Brock, - & Barrett, Brendan M., 2011, A new species of Sphaerephesia (Polychaeta: Sphaerodoridae) from Mamala Bay, south shore of Oahu, Hawaii, Zootaxa 2903, pp. 39-47 : 40

Genus Sphaerephesia Fauchald, 1972

Type species: Sphaerephesia longisetis Fauchald, 1972

Type locality: off southern California and western Mexico

Diagnosis (emended). Short–bodied sphaerodorids with four rows of sessile dorsal macrotubercles with short terminal papillae; microtubercles present throughout the dorsum or between the parapodia or absent. Anterior end with a pair of palps (sometimes regarded as inferior lateral antennae), median and a pair of intermediate antennae. Papillae cylindrical or conical on the dorsum and/or ventrum. Chaetae all composite.