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    Admetella

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    Admetella
    Scientific classification e
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Annelida
    Clade: Pleistoannelida
    Subclass: Errantia
    Order: Phyllodocida
    Family: Polynoidae
    Genus: Admetella
    McIntosh, 1885
    Type species
    Polynoe (Admetella) longipedata
    McIntosh, 1885

    Admetella is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). Species of Admetella, although uncommonly collected are nevertheless known from widespread localities in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans at depths of 400–6,000 m. [1]


    Description[edit]

    Species of Admetella have a short triangular sheath-like appendage at the base of the lateral antennae and have 50 or more segments and 25 to 31 pairs of elytra. Notochaetae and neurochaetae are long, slender and are distally flattened.[1]

    Species[edit]

    Three valid species of Admetella are known as of July 2020:[2]

    • Admetella brevis Levenstein, 1978
    • Admetella hastigerens Chamberlin, 1919
    • Admetella longipedata (McIntosh, 1885)

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b Pettibone, Marian H. (1967). "Some bathyal polynoids from central and northeastern Pacific (Polychaeta: Polynoids)". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 121 (3575): 1–15. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.121-3575.1.
    2. ^ Read, Geoffrey B.; Fauchald, Kristian (2020). "The World Polychaeta Database".
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