Pristina breviseta Bourne
Recognition
Single dorsal non-serrate hair chaetae are present.
Dorsal needles are single with long equal teeth.
Dorsal chaetae begin already on the second segment only in this genus
and Pristinella jenkinae, which lacks a proboscis.
There are no eyes. Coelomocytes are present.
Large genital chaetae on segments 7 or 8.
Summary
The length is 10 to 20 mm.
Distribution
It is widespread over much of the world.
26 MAY 1996 D.L. Gustafson
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