Bathymacella, PETTIBONE, 1976

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BATHYMACELLA PETTIBONE, 1976

Type species: Bathymacella uschakovi ( Averincev, 1972) .

The genus is monotypic. The type species was originally described and placed close to Macellicephala , Macellicephaloides and Macelloides as having no lateral antennae ( Averincev, 1972; Hartmann-Schröder, 1974). Later, Pettibone (1976) revised the genus considering that the lateral prostomial horns described by Averincev (1972) were, in fact, lateral antennae. There are some misunderstandings and confusions between frontal filaments, frontal horns, cephalic peaks or lateral antennae in descriptions of polynoids. Further investigation of polynoid anatomy is required to gain a better understanding of these structures and their differences. In the present study, this species has been coded as having a median antenna and no lateral antennae.