Description:-

Body oval with flat papillated ventrum; dorsal felt chestnut brown. Length of body 25 mm; width about 12 mm including parapodia; segments number 35. Prostomium with short, thick, median antenna and a pair of ocular prominences with or without minute visible eyes. Palpi as long as first 6 segments. Median segments with ventral cirri extending to ends of parapodia; parapodia in posterior segments with ventral cirri longer than in front. Notosetae terminate distally in hooks, often broken off in the dorsal felt. Neurosetae of first 2 segments of 3 kinds; Superior , thick, bronze-coloured with slightly curved tips, a few median ones with bipinnate tips, and inferior setae similar to those in the middle series, with slightly curved, heavily bearded tips.

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References:-

Fauchald, K. (2014). Aphrodita alta Kinberg, 1856. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K.
(Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine
Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129841 on 2015­01­22

Hartman, O. 1964. Polychaeta Errantia of Antarctica. In. Antarctic research series. Vol.3. Garamound/Pridemark Press,Inc. Baltimore, Maryland.