Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi is a deep-sea scale worm which is only known to occur in the Pacific Ocean, where it is recorded from a depth range of about 5,500–8,000 m.[2]
| Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Subclass: | Errantia |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Polynoidae |
| Genus: | Bathyeliasona |
| Species: | B. kirkegaardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi (Uschakov, 1971)[1]
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Description
editBathyeliasona kirkegaardi has 17 segments, with 8 pairs of elytra and no pigmentation. The anterior margin of the prostomium comprises a pair of acute anterior projection and the lateral antennae are absent. The notochaetae are thinner than the neurochaetae, with bidentate neurochaetae absent.[3]
References
edit- ^ Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2020). World Polychaeta database. Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi (Uschakov, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130727
- ^ Pettibone MH (1976) Revision of the genus Macellicephala McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 229: 1–71. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229.
- ^ Fauchald, K.; Wilson, R.S. (2003). "Polynoidae (Polychaeta)-A DELTA database of genera, and Australian species". In R.S. Wilson; P.A. Hutchings; C. J. Glasby (eds.). Polychaetes: An Interactive Identification Guide. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.