Bathyadmetella

Last updated

Bathyadmetella
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Subclass: Errantia
Order: Phyllodocida
Family: Polynoidae
Genus: Bathyadmetella
Pettibone, 1967
Type species
Bathyadmetella commando Pettibone, 1967 [1]

Bathyadmetella is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The only species in the genus, Bathyadmetella commando, is known from a single specimen collected at 1646m in the north-west Pacific Ocean. [2]

Description of Bathyadmetella commando

Bathyadmetella commando has 58 segments and 23 pairs of elytra, with reddish-brown body pigmentation. The lateral antennae are inserted terminally on the anterior margin of the prostomium, with auxiliary appendages at the base of the lateral antennae. Bidentate neurochaetae are absent. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Bathyadmetella Pettibone, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324912
  2. ↑ Pettibone MH (1967) Some bathyal polynoids from central and northeastern Pacific (Polychaeta: Polynoids). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 121: 1–15. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.121–3575.1
  3. ↑ Fauchald, K.; Wilson, R.S. (2003). "Polynoidae (Polychaeta)-A DELTA database of genera, and Australian species". In R.S. Wilson; P.A. Hutchings; C. J. Glasby (eds.). Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.