Paraescarpia, Southward & Schulze & Tunnicliffe, 2002

Southward, Eve C., Schulze, Anja & Tunnicliffe, Verena, 2002, Vestimentiferans (Pogonophora) in the Paci c and Indian Oceans: a new genus from Lihir Island (Papua New Guinea) and the Java Trench, with the rst report of Arcovestia ivanovi from the North Fiji Basin, Journal of Natural History 36 (10), pp. 1179-1197 : 1183

Genus PARAESCARPIA gen. nov.

Stout obturaculum, with anterior surface crust and a thick median spike, obturacular stalk elliptical in cross section; anterior branchial laments smooth surfaced, the remainder pinnulate; one excretory pore; posterior vestimental fold split medially; opithosomal setae in irregular single to triple rows. Tube with wide anterior funnel and a series of collars.