| Main Ref. | Morozov, T.B. and A.V. Adrianov, 2002 |
| Appearance refers to |
| specialized organs | |
| different appearance | |
| different colors | |
| remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Diagnosis | Large animals, from brownish-yellow to dark brown in color. Body 0.1 - 0.6 cm long, spindle shaped spindle shaped or cylindrical. Introvert somewhat longer than trunk. Surface of trunk smooth-seeming, as papillae covering it very small. Cephalon bearing dendritic crown of tentacles consisting of four main dichotomic branching trunks. Branches of tentacles pigmented with pinnules with violet grains. Smooth collar behind tentacles, with violet pigmentation. Zone of irregularly distributed large scalids behind cephalon. Longitudinal musculature of body wall not divided into longitudinal bands. Two retractors of introvert, both ventral, fastened to body wall in posterior third of body. Contractile vessel with long, filiform, spirally twisted branches braiding internal organs. Intestine long, number of intestinal loops 16-20. Three fixing muscles, located individually for every animal. Anal opening level with nephridiopores. Wing muscles well-developed. No rectal diverticulus found. Two nephridia fastened to body wall via mesenterial filaments along 1/4 of their length. Nephrida 80 percent as long as trunk (Ref. 1815). |
| Ease of Identification | likely to be confused with closely related species. |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| spines | |
| soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| spines | |
| soft-rays |