| Bathybahamas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Bathybahamas Pettibone, 1985 |
| Type species | |
| Bathybahamas charlenae Pettibone, 1985 [1] | |
Bathybahamas is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus includes a single species, Bathybahamas charleneae, which is short-bodied and occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas at a depths of 2066 m. [2]
Body very short, only 18 segments and 8 pairs of elytra. The anterior third of the body is brown, as is the lining of the pharynx. The median antenna is located dorsally on the prostomium and lateral antennae are absent. The notochaetae are distinctly thicker than the neurochaetae and bidentate neurochaetae are absent. [3]
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Eunoe clarki is a scale worm described from Point Barrow, Alaska.
Australaugeneria michaelseni is a scale worm known from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea from depths of 30m or less.
Australaugeneria pottsi is a scale worm known from northern Australia from depths of 21m or less.
Bathyadmetella is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The only species in the genus, Bathyadmetella commando, is known from a single specimen collected at 1646m in the north-west Pacific Ocean.
Antipathipolyeunoa is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The genus contains a single species, Antipathipolyeunoa nuttingi, found in the Caribbean Sea at a depth of 91 metres.
Parahololepidella is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The genus contains a single species, Parahololepidella greeffi, This species is known from the east equatorial Atlantic Ocean and Cape Verde Islands at a maximum depth of 30m.
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Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi is a deep-sea scale worm which is only known to occur in the Pacific Ocean, where it is recorded from a depth range of about 5,500–8,000 m.
Hartmania is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Hartmania contains a single species, Hartmania moorei which is known from the north-west Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North America from shallow water to depths of about 80 m.
Tottonpolynoe is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Tottonpolynoe contains a single species, Tottonpolynoe symantipatharia. It is known from the South Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean at depths of about 800 to 1,700 m.
Uncopolynoe is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Uncopolynoe contains a single species, Uncopolynoe corallicola which is known from the Red Sea at a depth of 1 m.
Vampiropolynoe is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Vampiropolynoe contains a single species, Vampiropolynoe embleyi which is known from hydrothermal vents in the South Pacific Ocean at a depth of about 1500 m.
Yodanoe is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scaleworms. Yodanoe contains a single species, Yodanoe desbruyeresi which is known from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone in the equatorial East Pacific Ocean at a depth of almost 5000 m.
Ysideria is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, the scale worms. Ysideria contains a single species, Ysideria hastata which is known from the North Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at depths of about 50–60 m.
Gattyana is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae. The genus includes 11 species, 9 of which occur in the northern hemisphere, the remaining two are from the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and the Southern Ocean off New Zealand. Species of Gattyana are known from shallow water down to depths of about 1200 m.
Gattyana amondseni is a scale worm described from the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans at depths down to about 700 m.
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Gattyana nutti is a scale worm known from the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North America at depths down to about 120 m.
Gattyana treadwelli is a scale worm known from the north-west Pacific and Arctic Oceans from depths down to about 30 m.