Identifying Nereididae

Key to the genera of Nereididae

The link above is to an online genera key on the website of the Natural History Museum in London. Our text keys fail to provide a good drawing of the various pharyx armaments found in Nereididae, So I pasted this one from the aforementioned website for easy reference. Click on it to view it with a white background.

a) Cones; b) Smooth Bars; c) Pectinate Bars;

d) Rods; e) Papillae (on Oral Ring).