Biology:Bathyadmetella
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Short description: Genus of annelid worms
| Bathyadmetella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Fauchald, K.; Wilson, R.S. (2003). "Polynoidae (Polychaeta)-A DELTA database of genera, and Australian species". in R.S. Wilson. Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.
Wikidata ☰ Q41151664 entry
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