taxonID	type	description	language	source
B135F6C547421D39924B17A479DD11DB.taxon	description	Description. Holotype with body widest mid-anteriorly, tapering gradually anteriorly and posteriorly. Antennae small, distally subacute, aligned over mid-palps. Brown epidermal pigmentation present anterodorsally and posterodorsally. Prostomium triangular, deeply cleaved anteriorly. Longitudinal groove extending from tip to posterior part of prostomium, slightly indented laterally. Eyes 2 pairs, black, arranged obliquely, posterior pair considerably smaller. Posterodorsal tentacular cirri extending posteriorly to chaetiger 2. Jaws with 8 teeth, 4 subterminal and 4 ensheathed proximally. Acicular neuropodial ligule bilobed, superior lobe larger than inferior lobe. Dorsal cirri increasing in length posteriorly. Typically less than 4 sesquigomph spinigers in neuropodial supra-acicular fascicle in midbody. Notochaetae absent in all parapodia. Heterogomph chaetae with boss not lengthened. Supra-neuroacicular falcigers in chaetiger 10 with finely serrated blades, 9 - 12 teeth, approximately uniform in length. Sub-neuroacicular falcigers in chaetiger 10 with roughly serrated blades, about 20 teeth. Sub-neuroacicular spinigers in anterior region (up to segment 50) with blades finely serrated. Sub-neuroacicular spinigers in mid and posterior region (from about segment 70) with blades coarsely serrated proximally. Supra-neuroacicular spinigers in mid and posterior region with blades finely serrated. Pygidium with multi-incised rim, black with two lateral anal cirri.	en	Magesh, Mathan, Kvist, Sebastian, Glasby, Christopher J. (2012): Description and phylogeny of Namalycastis jaya sp. n. (Polychaeta, Nereididae, Namanereidinae) from the southwest coast of India. ZooKeys 238: 31-43, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.238.4014, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.238.4014
B135F6C547421D39924B17A479DD11DB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named in honour of Dr. Jayalalithaa Jayaram (born 1948), the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State of India, in recognition of her contributions to the field of education (especially for impoverished people) and scientific research. The specific epithet is considered to be a noun in apposition.	en	Magesh, Mathan, Kvist, Sebastian, Glasby, Christopher J. (2012): Description and phylogeny of Namalycastis jaya sp. n. (Polychaeta, Nereididae, Namanereidinae) from the southwest coast of India. ZooKeys 238: 31-43, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.238.4014, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.238.4014
B135F6C547421D39924B17A479DD11DB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the Thiruvananthapuram coast of southwest India (but see note below).	en	Magesh, Mathan, Kvist, Sebastian, Glasby, Christopher J. (2012): Description and phylogeny of Namalycastis jaya sp. n. (Polychaeta, Nereididae, Namanereidinae) from the southwest coast of India. ZooKeys 238: 31-43, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.238.4014, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.238.4014
