World Register of Deep-Sea species - Bathykermadeca Pettibone, 1976

Deep-Sea taxon details

Bathykermadeca Pettibone, 1976

AphiaID

324917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324917)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Macellicephala hadalis Kirkegaard, 1956 accepted as Bathykermadeca hadalis (Kirkegaard, 1956) (type by original designation)

Parent

Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971

Original name

Bathykermadeca Pettibone, 1976

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Species Bathykermadeca hadalis (Kirkegaard, 1956)
Species Bathykermadeca thanatos Jimi, Fujiwara & Kajihara, 2018
Species Bathykermadeca turnerae Pettibone, 1985

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Revision of the genus Macellicephala McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 229: 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Bathykermadeca Pettibone, 1976. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324917 on 2026-01-25

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bathykermadeca Pettibone, 1976. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324917 on 2026-01-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-05 14:39:51Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2016-09-17 03:50:07Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

2023-07-08 02:24:32Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

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original description Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Revision of the genus Macellicephala McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 229: 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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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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Language	Name
Japanese	シニガミウロコムシ属	[details]