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Pseudonereis

Two antennae. Four pairs of tentacular cirri. Paragnaths of cones, transverse smooth bars and pectinate bars present on both oral and maxillary rings. Parapodia biramous except for first two uniramous setigers. Notosetae include homogomph spinigers and falcigers. Neurosetae with homo and heterogomph spinigers and heterogomph falcigers.

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Pseudonereis anomala (Gravier, 1901)

Found: Red Sea, Phuket, South China Sea, North Australia (after Hylleberg et al, 1986)

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Pseudonereis gallapagensis (Kinberg, 1866)

Found: Red Sea, Phuket, South China Sea, Southern Japan (after Hylleberg et al, 1986)

Pseudonereis rottensnestiana Augener, 1913
Found: Australia, Andaman Islands, Southern Japan (after Augener,1913 and Okuda, 1938)

Remarks: Wu et al, 1984 consider that this species may be conspecific with Pseudonereis anomala Gravier