Key:  Family Eunicidae

Taken primarily from  Kozloff, 1987, 1996 p. 143 (Copyright 1987, 1996, University of Washington Press.  Used in this web page by permission of University of Washington Press)

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1a	With a pair of tentacular cirri on the peristomium	2
1b	Without tentacular cirri on the peristomium	Marphysa stylobranchiata
2a	Gills appearing first on setiger 3, with not more than 16 filaments; hooded hooks ventral to the aciculae yellow	Eunice valens
2b	Gills appearing first on setiger 5-7, with as many as 40 filaments; hooded hooks ventral to the aciculae black	Eunice ?aphroditois

  Eunice valens