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Prostomium broad, slightly indented in front, with 2 small antennae; tentacular cirri 4 pairs, longest pair reaching setiger 4-6; pharynx eversible with soft papillae on both rings; biramous parapodia with 2-3 notopodial ligules; neuropodium with 2 anterior and a posterior digitiform lobes; branchiae arising below dorsal cirrus, in the form of branched bunches of filaments, starting from setiger 7-8 and extending up to setiger 20-22.

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WoRMS (2014). Dendronereides heteropoda Southern, 1921. 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=326898 on
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Achary,G.P.K., Gurudas Chakravarty, S. K. Chakraborty, P. K. Jaya Surya and K. Sarala Devi. 2005. Benthos – Polychaetes. In: MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS A Manual for the Assessment of Biodiversity (CMFRI Special Publication No. 83). Pp.125-145