Macellicephalinae , Hartmann-Schroder 1971
Creators: name: Neal, L.
name: Barnich, R.
name: Wiklund, H
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Polynoidae

description: Key to the genera of the Macellicephalinae  1. Posterior end with ventral keel........................................................................... 2  
- Ventrum of posterior end flat (not forming ventral keel)....................................................... 3  
 2. 9 pairs of reduced elytrophores; up to 20 segments.......................................... Austropolaria n. gen.   
 - 8 pairs of reduced elytrophores; up to 15 segments................................... Bathypolaria Levenstein, 1981   
 3. Wing-like structures present at lower lip of mouth........................................ Bruunilla Hartman, 1971   
- Lower lip of mouth even (wing-like structures not formed).................................................... 4  
 4. Pharynx with 5 pairs of unequal papillae (middle pair very long, others rather short) Pelagomacellicephala Pettibone, 1985a   
- Pharynx with different number of subequal papillae.......................................................... 5  
5. Dorsal tubercles forming cirriform, ciliated branchial structures................................................ 6  
- Dorsal tubercles otherwise.............................................................................. 8  
 6. Notopodia distinctly shorter than neuropodia......................................... Bathyfauvelia Pettibone, 1976   
- Notopodia subequal in length to neuropodia................................................................. 7  
 7. 12 pairs of elytrophores, 24 segments; neurochaetae all flattened, paddle-like............... Bathycatalina Pettibone, 1976   
 - 8 pairs of elytrophores, 18 segments; neurochaetae of two types, not paddle-like........... Bathybahamas Pettibone, 1985a   
8. Notochaetae distinctly more slender than neurochaetae....................................................... 9  
- Notochaetae stouter than or as stout as neurochaetae........................................................ 10  
 9. Notochaetae stout, neurochaetae greatly expanded................................... Bathyeliasona Pettibone, 1976   
 - Notochaetae slender, delicate, neurochaetae not greatly expanded........................ Bathyvitiazia Pettibone, 1976   
 10. Ventral cirri inserted subdistally................................................... Natopolynoe Pettibone, 1985b   
- Ventral cirri inserted basally or at middle of parapodium..................................................... 11  
 11. 7 pairs of elytrophores, 15 segments................................................ Bathykurila Pettibone, 1976   
- 9 pairs or more of elytrophores......................................................................... 12  
12. 9 pairs of elytrophores................................................................................ 13  
- More than 9 pairs of elytrophores....................................................................... 14  
 13. Posterior end bulbous......................................................... Macellicephala McIntosh, 1885   
 - Posterior end elongate, cylindrical.............................................. Bathykermadeca Pettibone, 1976   
 14. 10 pairs of elytrophores, 19 segments; 9 pairs of pharyngeal papillae................... Bathytasmania Levenstein, 1982   
 - 11 pairs of elytrophores, 25 segments; 7 pairs of pharyngeal papillae................... Levensteiniella Pettibone, 1985b
description: Published as part of Neal, L., Barnich, R. & Wiklund, H, 2012, A new genus and species of Polynoidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Pine Island Bay, Amundsen Sea, Southern Ocean-a region of high taxonomic novelty, pp. 80-88 in Zootaxa 3542 on page 83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3542.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10096794