Macellicephaloides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phyllodocida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Annelida
Classis: Polychaeta
Subclassis: Palpata
Ordo: Aciculata
Subordo: Phyllodocida

Familia: Polynoidae
Subfamilia: Macellicephalinae
Genus:
Species: M. alvini – M. grandicirra – M. improvisa – M. moustachu – M. sandvichensis – M. uschakovi – M. verrucosa – M. villosa – M. vitiazi

Name

Macellicephaloides Uschakov, 1955

Type species: Macellicephaloides grandicirra Uschakov, 1955 (type by subsequent designation by Hartman (1959))
Etymology: Gender feminine

References

Primary references

  • Hartman, O. 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation No. 23: 1-628. Reference page.  [type designation; p. 93]
  • Uschakov, P.V.1955. Mnogoshchetinkovye chervi sem. Aphroditidae Kurilo-Kamshatskovpradinyi. Trudy Instituta Okeanologia, Akademia nauk SSSR. 12: 311-321. Reference page.  [original description]

Additional references

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