Polypheretima Michaelsen, 1934

• Male pores on circular porophores in xviii.
• Female pore single midventral in xiv.
• Body cylindrical.
• Perichaetine, setae never excessively crowded ventrally, creeping sole absent.
• Crescentric genital markings absent.
• First dorsal pore between iv/v and xii/xiii.
• Spermathecae diverticulate simple and usually ectal in origin.
• Gizzard single in viii.
• Intestinal caecae absent.
• Two species recorded in India viz.,