Polychaeta taxon details
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): 19 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Grammatical gender Pettibone states genus Bathykermadeca is feminine. She doesn't otherwise give a derivation, or state why the name should be feminine, but clearly the name is derived from the collection site of the Kermadec Trench. The islands and trench are named after a male, Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec. [details]
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