Macellicephalinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aphroditiformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Polychaeta Subclassis: Errantia Ordo: Phyllodocida Subordo: Aphroditiformia

Familia: Polynoidae
Subfamilia: Macellicephalinae
Genera: Abyssarya – Bathybahamas – Bathycanadia – Bathycatalina – Bathyedithia – Bathyeliasona – Bathyfauvelia – Bathykermadeca – Bathykurila – Bathylevensteina – Bathymacella – Bathymariana – Bathymiranda – Bathypolaria – Bathytasmania – Bathyvitiazia – Branchinotogluma – Branchiplicatus – Branchipolynoe – Bruunilla – Cladopolynoe – Diplaconotum – Gesiella – Hodor – Lepidonotopodium – Levensteiniella – Macellicephala – Macellicephaloides – Macelloides – Mamiwata – Natopolynoe – Nu – Pelagomacellicephala – Peinaleopolynoe – Photinopolynoe – Polaruschakov – Stratigos – Themis – Thermopolynoe – Vampiropolynoe – Yodanoe

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In synonymy: Austropolaria – Macella – Oligolepis – Opisthotrochopodus

Name

Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971

Type genus: Macellicephala McIntosh, 1885

Synonymy

• Bathyedithinae Pettibone, 1976

• Type genus: Bathyedithia Pettibone, 1976 (type by original designation)

• Synonymised by Bonifácio & Menot, (2018)
• Bathymacellinae Pettibone, 1976

• Synonymised by Bonifácio & Menot, (2018)

• Branchinotogluminae Pettibone, 1985

• Synonymised by Bonifácio & Menot, (2018)

• Branchiplicatinae Pettibone, 1985

• Synonymised by Bonifácio & Menot, (2018)

• Branchipolynoinae Pettibone, 1984

• Synonymised by Bonifácio & Menot, (2018)

• Gesiellinae Muir, 1982

• Synonymised by Bonifácio & Menot, (2018)

• Macellicephaloidinae Pettibone, 1976

• Synonymised by Bonifácio & Menot, (2018)

• Macelloidinae Pettibone, 1976

• Synonymised by Bonifácio & Menot, (2018)

• Polaruschakovinae Pettibone, 1976

• Synonymised by Bonifácio & Menot, (2018)

• Vampiropolynoinae Marcus & Hourdez, 2002

• Synonymised by Bonifácio & Menot, (2018)

References

Primary references

• Bonifácio, P., Menot, L. 2018. New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185(3): 555-635. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly063 Reference page.  [source of synonymy; see p. 576-577, 627]
• Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1971d. Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. 1-594. In Dahl, Maria and Peus, Fritz (Ed.). Vol. 58. Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Maermalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. Gustav Fischer Verlag. Jena. DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19720570214 Reference page. 
• Hiley, A.S., Mongiardino Koch, N., Rouse, G.W. 2024. Phylogenetics of Lepidonotopodini (Macellicephalinae, Polynoidae, Annelida) and Comparative Mitogenomics of Shallow-Water vs. Deep-Sea Scaleworms (Aphroditiformia). Biology 13(12): 1–87. DOI: 10.3390/biology13120979 . Reference page. 
• Muir, Alex I. 1982. Generic characters in the Polynoinae (Annelida, Polychaeta) with notes on the higher classification of scale-worms (Aphroditacea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 43(3): 153-177. [original description of Gesiellinae]
• Pettibone, M.H. 1976. Revision of the genus Macellicephala McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 229: 1–71. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.229 Reference page.  [p. 6-8] [original description of Bathyedithinae: p. 53]

Additional references

• Jimi, N., Fujiwara, Y. & Kajihara, H. 2018. New annelid species from the deepest known whale-fall environment: Bathykermadeca thanatos sp. nov. (Annelida: Polynoidae). Zootaxa 4450(5): 575–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.5.4 Reference page. 
• Lee, W-K. & Kim, S-J. 2024. Distribution extension of a vent scale worm Branchinotogluma bipapillata (Polychaeta, Polynoidae) in the Indian Ocean. ZooKeys 1215: 139–149. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1215.129623 Reference page. 
• Neal, L., Brasier, M.J. & Wiklund, H. 2018. Six new species of Macellicephala (Annelida: Polynoidae) from the Southern Ocean and south Atlantic with re-description of type species. Zootaxa 4455(1): 1–34. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.1 Reference page. 
• Wu, X-W. & Xu, K-D. 2018. Levensteiniella manusensis sp. nov., a new polychaete species (Annelida: Polynoidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Manus Back-Arc Basin, Western Pacific. Zootaxa 4388(1): 102–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.1.7 Reference page. 
• Zhou, Y-D, Wang, Y-Y., Zhang, D-S. & Wang, C-S. 2018. Branchinotogluma bipapillata n. sp., a new branchiate scale worm (Annelida: Polynoidae) from two hydrothermal fields on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Zootaxa 4482(3): 527–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Macellicephalinae in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Macellicephalinae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Macellicephalinae.
• ION