Neoamphitrite Hessle 1917

Diagnostic characters of the genus are given in the following resources. Fauchald, 1977: p. 131.

Neoamphitrite is a genus of polychaetes belonging to the family Terebellidae.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

Neoamphitrite affinis (Malmgren, 1866) Neoamphitrite edwardsii (Quatrefages, 1866) Neoamphitrite figulus (Dalyell, 1853) Neoamphitrite glasbyi Londoño-Mesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005 Neoamphitrite grayi (Malmgren, 1866) Neoamphitrite groenlandica (Malmgren, 1866) Neoamphitrite hydrothermalis Reuscher, Fiege & Wehe, 2012 Neoamphitrite pachyderma (Hutchings & Glasby, 1988) Neoamphitrite ramosissima (Marenzeller, 1884) Neoamphitrite robusta (Johnson, 1901) Neoamphitrite sibogae (Caullery, 1944) Neoamphitrite undevigintipes Choi, Kim & Yoon, 2020 Neoamphitrite vigintipes (Grube, 1869)

Neoamphitrite was included in tribe Terebellini by Stiller et al (2020). Previously Holthe (1986) had placed it in tribe Amphitritini. At the time its parent subfamily was Amphitritinae, the name incorrectly used for what is now Terebellinae.

(fide Reuscher et al, 2012) "3 pairs of dichotomous branchiae with pronounced stems in segments II–IV. Lateral lobes usually present. Nephridial papillae in segment III only or extending for a variable number of segments. Thorax with 15–39 pairs of notopodia starting in segment IV, and 14–38 uncinigerous neuropodia starting in segment V. Capillary chaetae distally hirsute. Uncini avicular, arranged in double rows in posterior thorax and, occasionally in anterior abdomen."