Aphelochaeta Blake, 1991

Magalhães, Wagner F. & Bailey-Brock, Julie H., 2013, Bitentaculate Cirratulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the northwestern Pacific Islands with description of nine new species, Zootaxa 3630 (1), pp. 80-116 : 81

Genus Aphelochaeta Blake, 1991

Type Species: Tharyx monilaris Hartman, 1960 designated by Blake, 1991

Diagnosis (modified after Doner & Blake 2009). Prostomium conical; peristomium elongate with 1–4 achaetigerous annulations, with pair of grooved dorsal tentacles arising either on or anterior to chaetiger 1; first pair of branchiae arising either on or anterior to chaetiger 1; thoracic region frequently expanded, with crowded segments; abdominal segments variable, sometimes moniliform; chaetae simple capillaries, with distinct serrations or sawtooth edge not visible in light microscopy, but fibril endings sometimes seen with SEM; far posterior segments may be expanded or not, with or without dorsal and/or ventral grooves, tapering to simple pygidial lobe.