Key Identification Features
- A distinct, prominent blood vessel runs along the dorsal (upper) surface of this species.
- Alitta virens has many distinctive traits.
- It has a distinct identifiable head that holds four eyes, two sensory palps, and many tentacles; the head is split into two segments: the anterior and posterior prostomium.
- Other key identifying features of the species are its slender tentacular cirri.
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