Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi

Short description: Species of annelid worm

Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Annelida
Clade:  | Pleistoannelida
Subclass:  | Errantia
Order:  | Phyllodocida
Family:  | Polynoidae
Genus:  | Bathyeliasona
Species:  |

B. kirkegaardi

Binomial name
Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi

(Uschakov, 1971)[1]

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.[2]

## Description

Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi has 17 segments, with 8 pairs of elytra and no pigmentation. The anterior margin of the prostomium comprises a pair of acute anterior projection and the lateral antennae are absent. The notochaetae are thinner than the neurochaetae, with bidentate neurochaetae absent.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi (Uschakov, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130727
2. ↑ Pettibone MH (1976) Revision of the genus Macellicephala McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 229: 1–71. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229.
3. ↑ 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.

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