Aglaophamus australiensis

Prostomium with antennae and palps; palps simple. Prostomium not strongly produced anteriorly; lacking eyespots; Eyespots absent from anterior chaetigers. Prostomium slightly longer than wide; palps and antennae of similar length. Pharynx with bifid terminal papillae present; 20 papillae. Subterminal papillae present; Enlarged median subdistal dorsal papilla present. Pharynx with 22 rows of subdistal papillae; each row made up of 6–9 papillae. Verrucae present; throughout entire basal region of pharynx. Dorsal cirri present from chaetiger 2; broad, foliaceous. Dorsal interramal cirri present, from chaetiger 4, cirriform, roughly circular in cross-section, curve outward initially. Dorsal interramal cirrus with basal digitiform process; chaetigers 10–20. Ventral interramal cirri absent. Interramal cirrus present from chaetigers 4 to about 50, absent thereafter; interramal cirrus almost completely fills interramal space on anterior chaetigers. Specialised dentate chaetae absent from notopodium of chaetiger 1. Barred chaetae present in preacicular fascicles. Lyrate chaetae absent. Spinose post-acicular chaetae present. Spinulose post-acicular chaetae present. Capillary chaetae present.

Within Australia: South-eastern Australia and North-eastern Australia.

Estuarine and marine, inshore.