Genus Ophelina Örsted, 1843
Ophelina syringopyge (Ehlers, 1901)
Voucher specimens. Sea Lion: Station 5MFB Easting 568518; Northing 4546308; 457 m.
Station 38MFA; Easting: 562480 Northing: 4534323; 433 m.
Diagnosis. Body long, linear, length up to 7mm; 0.4mm wide for 29-35 chaetigers; colour in alcohol white to pale yellow, with ventral groove throughout the body (Plate 1a). Prostomium conical, blunt at the tip, with tear-shaped palpode (Plate 1b). Branchiae from chaetiger 2 (Plate 1b) until the end of the body except for the last 4 chaetigers; branchiae slender, first 10 pairs largest then getting progressively smaller. Anal tube long, cylindrical, terminating in a circlet of small subequal papillae (Plate 1c), with one longer papilla on ventral side.
Distribution. Strait of Magellan; South Georgia; Alexander Island; Kerguelen Islands: 9-876 m; off Argentine coast (34°S) 83-199 m; Falkland Islands 433457 m.
