Key to the genera of Terebellidae found in Lizard Island 1. Lobes on anterior segments absent, except sometimes for a ventral lobe on segment 1, around the mouth............... 2 - Lobes on anterior segments present....................................................................... 3 2. (1) Distally winged notochaetae........................................................................ Nicolea - Distally serrated notochaetae..................................................................... Terebella 3. (1) Notopodia beginning from segment 4...................................................................... 4 - Notopodia beginning from segment 5............................................................ Reteterebella 4. (3) Long-handled uncini present at least in first pairs of neuropodia................................................. 5 - Short-handled uncini throughout.......................................................................... 6 5. (4) Only winged, laterally smooth notochaetae present........................................................ Pista - Medially winged and distally serrated notochaetae also present.......................................... Lanicides 6. (4) Branchiae present, 1–3 pairs, beginning from segment 2....................................................... 7 - Branchiae absent.......................................................................... Lizardia n. gen. 7. (6) Two or three pairs of arborescent branchiae................................................................. 8 - Single pair of plumous branchiae, on segment 2........................................................ Pistella 8. (7) Double rows of uncini in an intercalated arrangement......................................................... 9 - Double rows of uncini in a back to back arrangement........................................................ 10 9. (8) Three pairs of branchiae, on segments 2–4; lobes on segments 1–4, ventral on segment 1, ventro-lateral on segment 2 and pro- gressively more laterally placed on segments 3 and 4................................................ Eupolymnia - Two pairs of branchiae, on segments 2–3; ventral lobe on segment 1 and lateral lobes on segment 3, inserted dorsally on seg- ment 3 and ventrally on segment 2.................................................................. Lanicola 10. (8) Pectinate uncini.................................................................................. Loimia - Uncini with several transverse rows of secondary teeth................................................... Lanice

Published as part of Nogueira, João Miguel Matos, Hutchings, Pat & Carrerette, Orlemir, 2015, Terebellidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, pp. 484-576 in Zootaxa 4019 (1) on page 490, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.18, http://zenodo.org/record/289527