Marphysa banana Lavesque, Daffe, Glasby, Hourdez & Hutchings, 2022
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Family:  Eunicidae ()
Max. size: 
Environment:  benthic; marine; depth range 273 - 324 m
Distribution:  Western Central Pacific: Papua New Guinea (New Ireland).
Diagnosis:  This species can be distinguished from other congeners by the following set of characters: presence of eyes; having bidentate subacicular hooks starting from chaetigers 13-52 and the branchiae starting from chaetigers 14-20; and, having 3 different type of pectinate chaetae (Ref. 128064).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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