Five occiptical tentacles. Tentacular cirri present. Branchiae present. Seatae include limbate, pectinate setae, compound falcigers and subacicular hooks.
The most recent revision of the genus is by Kristian Fauchald (1992) A review of the geus Eunice (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) based on type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 523:422pp. Muira (1986) carried out a series of detailed studies on Eunice and Euniphysa concentrating on branchial distribution patterns. T. Miura (1986) Japanese polychaetes of the genera Eunice and Euniphysa: taxonomy and branchial distribution patterns. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 31: 269-325.

Eunice aphroditois (Pallas, 1788)
Found: Sri Lanka, Andaman Sea,
Singapore, Java, Philippines. General distribution within
the tropical Indo-Pacific. (After Day, 1967)

Eunice antennata (Lamarck, 1818)
Found: Sri Lanka, Andaman Sea, Singapore, Java, Philippines, Taiwan.

Eunice marovoi Gibbs, 1971
Found: Solomon Islands (after Gibbs, 1971)

Eunice indica Kinberg, 1865
Found: W. Thailand, Sri Lanka, Japan (after Miura, 1986)