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(Chaetonotus)

scetch
  • 80 - 370 µm - Scales unilobed with posterior incision
  • Scales keeled at least up to half
  • spines start at the posterior end
  • spine length +/- the same, lengthens slightly to the posterior end
  • all scales (except sometimes one dorsal / posterior) spined
  • short spined field dorsal / posteriorly



80 Species:


Chaetonotus (C. ) oculifer



Chaetonotus (C. ) odontopharynx



Chaetonotus (C. ) oplites



Chaetonotus (C. ) paluster



Chaetonotus (C. ) parafurcatus



Chaetonotus (C. ) paucisquamatus



Chaetonotus (C. ) pawlowskii



Chaetonotus (C. ) pilaga



Chaetonotus (C. ) polyspinosus



Chaetonotus (C. ) poznaniensis