FIGURE 5. Sthenolepis ruffi n in Description of new species of deep water Sthenolepis Willey, 1905 and Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970 (Annelida, Sigalionidae) from off Northern California, with the redescription of Sthenolepis spargens Fauchald, 1972

FIGURE 5. Sthenolepis ruffi n. sp. SEM images of paratypes (LACM-AHF-Poly 14403 and 14404). A. Anterior end, dorsal view. B. Anterior end, frontal view. C. Anterior end, ventral view. D. Posterior end, pygidium. E. Parapodia from median segments. F. Notochaetae from same. G. Ventral ctenidium. H. Neurochaetae, upper group. Abbreviations: an= anus, au= auricle, br= branchia, ct= ctenidia, dtu= dorsal tubercle, dtc= dorsal tentacular cirrus, ipas= inner palpal sheath, itl= inner tentacular lobe, lan= lateral antenna, man= median antenna, mo= mouth, opas= outer palpal sheath, pa= palp, st= stylode, vc= ventral cirrus, vtc= ventral tentacular cirrus. Scale bars: A–E: 100 µm, F: 10 µm, G: 50 µm, H: 20 µm.