Pholoe Johnston, 1839
Pholoe sp. 2
Voucher. SEA LION: station 1MFA.
Diagnosis. Voucher small sized, incomplete specimen; the anterior fragment 1.1 mm long and 0.5mm wide (excluding parapodia) for 12 segments. Body dorsoventrally flattened, smooth; elytra (when present) covering, but not entirely overlapping dorsum.
Elytra oval, translucent; posterior and postero-lateral margin with few, sparse, elongated, slender papillae, these are basally and slightly distally enlarged with narrow constriction in the middle; surface of the elytra with some sparse, microtubercules.
Prostomium and tentacular segment fused; prostomium oval, bilobed; eyes absent. Prominent ceratophore of median antenna in shallow anterior notch; style missing.
Lateral antennae absent. Tentaculophores lateral to prostomium, each with dorsal and ventral tentacular cirri of similar length. Palps robust, extending ventral and lateral to tentaculophores. Prominent digitiform facial tubercle present; situated ventrally to median antenna and medially to palps.
Second segment with first pair of bulbous elytrophores, biramous parapodia, and long, basally inserted ventral cirri. Parapodia distinctly bi-ramous, notopodia smaller than neuropodia, both conical. Ventral cirri short, tapered, medially inserted.
Notochaetae numerous, typical for the genus: slender, finely spinose, arranged in two groups with dorsal group short, strongly bent, tapering abruptly to short capillary tips; others longer, straight to slightly curved, tapering to capillary tips. Neurochaetae relatively few, compound, forming fan-shaped group; shafts with few spinose rows near distal tip; blades of medium length, with unidentate slightly curved tips, appearing smooth to slightly spinous under light microscopy; upper neurochaetae with blades slightly longer than lower ones. The rest of body and pygidium uknown.
