Table 4 in Revealing a new eyeless Nereis (Nereididae: Annelida) clade from deep-sea organic falls

Table 4. Comparison of jaws and paragnaths of deep-sea Nereis species. Information was taken from original descriptions (holotype and type series); exceptions are marked.
SpeciesJawsParagnathsIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIINereis anoculepitoka5–6 almost discrete teeth 2-410–2011–3418–3502–7130 concentrated in the grooveNereis mariellae8627–302637–410925 small/ 4 largeNereis saramagoi5–75–720–30473704–7200Nereis shinkai (SP3300 site)Discrete teeth2–323–2830–3429–4504–1370 concentrated in the grooveNereis shinkai (Shimabukuro et al., 2017)Discrete teeth1–330–40264001013 in an irregular rowNereis abyssa Imajima, 20098 small teeth418–204735–3606–1065Nereis anoculis Hartman, 196071–34 large45–6 large02–34Nereis anoculopsis Fauchald, 19725–6220401 small2Nereis eugeniae (Kinberg, 1865)5–70110 or 2–60–180–13–60–11Nereis ligulata Hilbig, 199215–1605–856–7 large02–33Nereis pisciesae Blake % Hilbig, 19907–821221–2219–2004–62 small4Nereis profundi Kirkegaard, 1956561425272–few in single rowNereis sandersi Blake, 198510–124–630 small85–100 in dense field04–5 large201–2 large/ 3–4 smallNereis tricirrata Lin et al., 2022150402012Nereis angelensis Fauchald, 1972021111 large120338Nereis fossae Fauchald, 19727–8211–132218–20037Nereis caymanensis Fauchald, 1977b51 large12–15153004–530Nereis longisetis McIntosh, 18855Pharynx damaged on holotype, paragnaths few and scatteredNereis rava Ehlers, 18688–90109–4020035–10 largeNereis surugaense Imajima, 1972 a6113–161623–2404–50Nereis zonata Malmgren, 1867 b6–70–17–1313–1716–2503–9Distinct row of large paragnaths and irregular rows of small paragnaths
aFig.43b, c, Imajima (1972), bChambers and Garwood (1992).