Research Article
Reevaluation of the Systematic Status of Branchinotogluma (Annelida, Polynoidae), with the Establishment of Two New Species
Table 2
Eleven morphological characters and states used in this study.
| | No. | Characters | State 0 | State 1 | State 2 | State 3 |
| | 1 | Shape of anterior lobes | Triangular | Prominently cylindrical | Not distinct | / | | 2 | Shape of prostomium | Distinctly bilobed | Slightly bilobed | Not bilobed | / | | 3 | Number of segments | 20-21 | 22-30 | >30 | <20 | | 4 | Number of pairs of elytra | 9-10 | 11 | >11 | <9 | | 5 | Size of elytra | Covering dorsum | Not covering dorsum | / | / | | 6 | Presence of branchiae | Present | Absent | / | / | | 7 | Shape of branchiae | Arborescent | Layered | Plicate | / | | 8 | Presence of ventral papillae in males | Present | Absent | / | / | | 9 | Start of ventral papillae in males | Segment 12 | Segment 11 | / | / | | 10 | Presence of ventral lamellae in males | Present | Absent | / | / | | 11 | Presence of ventral papillae in females | Present | Absent | / | / |
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