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Ceratonereis

Prostomium with two tentacles. Four pairs of tentacular cirri. Parapodia biramous except for first two uniramous setigers. Paragnaths of the maxillary ring conical. Oral ring smooth without armament. Notosetae can be homogomph spinigers and falcigers. Neurosetae can be homogomph and heterogomph spinigers and heterogomph falcigers. Dorsal cirri attached to the base of the superior notopodial lobe.

Ceratonereis burmensis Monro, 1934

Found: Sri Lanka, Andaman Sea, South China Sea (after Monro, 1934)

Ceratonereis erythraeensis Fauvel, 1918

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Found: Madagascar, Yellow Sea, South West Africa, Okinawa Island, Japan (after Imajima, 1972)

Ceratonereis mirabilis (Kinberg, 1866)

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Found: Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Galapagos Islands, Red Sea, Western Atlantic Ocean, Maldive Archipelago,  Andaman Islands, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, Japan (after Imajima, 1972)

Ceratonereis japonica Imajima, 1972

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Found: Southern Japan (after Imajima, 1972)

Ceratonereis pachychaeta Fauvel, 1918

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Found:Madagascar, Red Sea, Indo-Pacific areas, southern Japan (after Imajima, 1972)