Nomenclature
original description
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): 53; note: monotypic but new subfamily Bathyedithinae, as well as new genus [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
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): 26; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus): emended diagnosis and assignment to Macellicephalinae [details] Available for editors
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Etymology named for Edith Berkeley. The type species was named for her husband Cyril Berkeley. [details]