Antennae missing. Three pairs of tentacular cirri. Parapodia uniramous but becoming biramous in mature individuals. Notopodial lobes missing. Neurosetae heterogomph spinigers and falcigers. In mature individuals notopodia with capillary setae.
Originally described as Cryptonereis by Gibbs but considered to belong to the genus Namanereis by Glasby 1999 The Namanereidinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Pt ! taxonomy and phylogeny. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement, 25:94-95.

Namanereis malaitae (Gibbs,
1971)
Found: Solomon Islands