RAS taxon details
Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
196343 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196343)
accepted
Subfamily
Macellicephala McIntosh, 1885 (type by original designation)
Bathymacellinae Pettibone, 1976 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Macelloidinae Pettibone, 1976 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Genus Bathyeliasona Pettibone, 1976
- Genus Bathymacella Pettibone, 1976
- Tribe Macellicephalini Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
- Genus Macelloides Uschakov, 1957
- Genus Macella Averincev, 1972 accepted as Bathymacella Pettibone, 1976 (junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1971).[use for POLYCHAETA] 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. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 75; note: brief diagnosis, type genus Macellicephala McIntosh [details]
page(s): 75; note: brief diagnosis, type genus Macellicephala McIntosh [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196343 on 2025-06-21
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196343 on 2025-06-21
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Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1971).[use for POLYCHAETA] 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. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 75; note: brief diagnosis, type genus Macellicephala McIntosh [details]
original description (of Bathymacellinae Pettibone, 1976) Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Revision of the genus <i>Macellicephala</i> McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 229: 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Macelloidinae Pettibone, 1976) Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Revision of the genus <i>Macellicephala</i> McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 229: 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229
page(s): 48-51 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1974). Die Unterfamilie Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971 (Polynoidae, Polychaeta). Mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art, <i>Macellicephala jameensis</i> n.sp., aus einem Höhlengewässer von Lanzarote (Kanarische Inseln). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 71: 75-85.
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
redescription Bonifácio, Paulo; Menot, Lénaïck. (2018). New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 555-635 [published online 14 November 2018; printed publication 27 February 2019]., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/185/3/555/5181329
page(s): 22-23; note: key to genera [details] Available for editors
identification resource Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Revision of the genus <i>Macellicephala</i> McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 229: 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 75; note: brief diagnosis, type genus Macellicephala McIntosh [details]
original description (of Bathymacellinae Pettibone, 1976) Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Revision of the genus <i>Macellicephala</i> McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 229: 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Macelloidinae Pettibone, 1976) Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Revision of the genus <i>Macellicephala</i> McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 229: 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229
page(s): 48-51 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1974). Die Unterfamilie Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971 (Polynoidae, Polychaeta). Mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art, <i>Macellicephala jameensis</i> n.sp., aus einem Höhlengewässer von Lanzarote (Kanarische Inseln). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 71: 75-85.
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
redescription Bonifácio, Paulo; Menot, Lénaïck. (2018). New genera and species from the Equatorial Pacific provide phylogenetic insights into deep-sea Polynoidae (Annelida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 185(3): 555-635 [published online 14 November 2018; printed publication 27 February 2019]., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/185/3/555/5181329
page(s): 22-23; note: key to genera [details] Available for editors
identification resource Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Revision of the genus <i>Macellicephala</i> McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 229: 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
