Paraonis fulgens ( Levinsen, 1884 )

Sikorski, Andrey, 2017, The Paraonidae (Annelida: Sedentaria) from Norway and adjacent seas, with two new species, four new records, and a redescription of Paraonides nordica Strelzov, 1968 based on type material, Zootaxa 4320 (1), pp. 41-67 : 62

Paraonis fulgens ( Levinsen, 1884)

Aonides fulgens Levinsen, 1884: 101 –103.

Paraonis fulgens .— Cerruti 1909: 468 –469, 495, fig. H; Strelzov 1973: 51 –53, fig. 20A–E; Gaston 1984: 2.47–2.49, fig. 2.46; Hartmann-Schröder 1996: 387 –388, fig. 184; Kirkegaard 1996: 34 –35, fig. 14; Aguirrezabalaga 2012: 270 –272, fig. 124.

Records from Norwegian or adjacent waters. Oresund ( Levinsen 1884; Strelzov 1973), Kattegat (Hartmann- Schröder 1996).

Diagnosis. Antenna and secondary ciliary organs absent; accessory ciliary bands present. Three prebranchial segments. Branchiae numbering up to 25 pairs; triangular with abruptly tapering tips. Modified notochaetae forked. Modified neurochaetae as strongly curved hooks bearing subdistal sheath ( Aguirrezabalaga 2012).

Distribution. Atlantic, eastern coast from Oresund ( Strelzov 1973) to southern Iberian Peninsula ( Aguirrezabalaga 2012) and western coast from New England ( Pettibone 1963) to the Gulf of Mexico ( Gaston 1984). Mediterranean ( Laubier & Ramos 1974). Baltic Sea ( Hartmann-Schröder 1996).