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Anterior 10-12 segments light green with brown pigments, while posterior segments are light coloured; prostomium; deeply cleft anterodorsally; pharynx eversible with a pair of jaws; maxillary ring smooth and oral ring with soft papillae; parapodia biramous from third setiger with 3 notopodial ligules, 10-12 neuropodial lobes and inferior ligule; number of ligules and lobes gradually decreasing posteriorly; branchiae as bipinnate divisions of dorsal cirri commencing from setiger 15 and extending up to 21- 22; setae all homogomph spinigerous with slender, minutely serrated blades.

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WoRMS (2014). Dendronereis aestuarina Southern, 1921. In: Read, G.; Fauchald,
K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of MarineSpecies at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326899 on 2015­01­22

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