WoRMS 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): 33; note: erected for Macellicephala pallida [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology not stated but presumably relates to the Russian research vessel, Vityaz (usual transliteration), which collected the type species, Bathyvitiazia pallida [details]
Grammatical gender stated to be feminine [details]
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