Deep-Sea taxon details
Bathyedithia Pettibone, 1976
324915 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324915)
accepted
Genus
Macellicephaloides berkeleyi Levenstein, 1971 accepted as Bathyedithia berkeleyi (Levenstein, 1971) (type by original designation)
- Species Bathyedithia berkeleyi (Levenstein, 1971)
- Species Bathyedithia tuberculata Levenstein, 1981
- Species Bathyedithia retierei Bonifácio & Menot, 2018 accepted as Polaruschakov retierei (Bonifácio & Menot, 2018) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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
page(s): 53; note: monotypic but new subfamily Bathyedithinae, as well as new genus [details] Available for editors
Etymology named for Edith Berkeley. The type species was named for her husband Cyril Berkeley.
Etymology named for Edith Berkeley. The type species was named for her husband Cyril Berkeley. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Bathyedithia Pettibone, 1976. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324915 on 2026-01-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bathyedithia Pettibone, 1976. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324915 on 2026-01-16
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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
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
page(s): 53; note: monotypic but new subfamily Bathyedithinae, as well as new genus [details] Available for editors
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
From editor or global species database
Etymology named for Edith Berkeley. The type species was named for her husband Cyril Berkeley. [details]
