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 | author = Gunton, Laetitia M. AND Kupriyanova, Elena K. AND Alvestad, Tom AND Avery, Lynda AND Blake, James A. AND Biriukova, Olga AND Böggemann, Markus AND Borisova, Polina AND Budaeva, Nataliya AND Burghardt, Ingo AND Capa, Maria AND Georgieva, Magdalena N. AND Glasby, Christopher J. AND Hsueh, Pan-Wen AND Hutchings, Pat AND Jimi, Naoto AND Kongsrud, Jon A. AND Langeneck, Joachim AND Meißner, Karin AND Murray, Anna AND Nikolic, Mark AND Paxton, Hannelore AND Ramos, Dino AND Schulze, Anja AND Sobczyk, Robert AND Watson, Charlotte AND Wiklund, Helena AND Wilson, Robin S. AND Zhadan, Anna AND Zhang, Jinghuai
 | author_abbreviated = Gunton L AND Kupriyanova E AND Alvestad T AND Avery L AND Blake J AND Biriukova O AND Böggemann M AND Borisova P AND Budaeva N AND Burghardt I AND Capa M AND Georgieva M AND Glasby C AND Hsueh P AND Hutchings P AND Jimi N AND Kongsrud J AND Langeneck J AND Meißner K AND Murray A AND Nikolic M AND Paxton H AND Ramos D AND Schulze A AND Sobczyk R AND Watson C AND Wiklund H AND Wilson R AND Zhadan A AND Zhang J
 | year = 2021
 | title = Annelids of the eastern Australian abyss collected by the 2017 RV ‘Investigator’ voyage
 | journal = ZooKeys
 | volume = 1020
 | pages = 1--198
 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.1020.57921
 | citationurl = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=57921&element_type=9 
 | url = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=57921
 | publisher = Pensoft Publishers
 | publisherurl = http://www.pensoft.net/
}}

{{Treatment start
 | Ordo = Phyllodocida
 | Familia = Polynoidae
 | Genus = 
 | Specific name = 
 | Infraspecific name = 
 | Taxon rank = 	
 | Taxon authority = gen. sp. 1
 | Taxon status = 
 | Wikispecies page name = Macellicephalinae
 | Pensoft Profile = Macellicephalinae
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==Diagnosis==
Small specimens with < 17 segments and eight pairs of large elytrophores, elytra all missing. Palps long, smooth; median antenna present, long, with short ceratophore, inserted posteriorly on prostomium; lateral antennae and frontal filaments absent. Facial tubercle absent, upper lip trilobed. Tentaculophores with strongly projecting acicular lobes, chaetae missing or absent, and long styles. Dorsal tubercles with large branchial-like cirriform processes, dorsal cirri styles elongate, attached subdistally on notopodia. Ventral cirri inserted medially on neuropodia from segment 3. Parapodia biramous, notopodia subequal to neuropodia. Notochaetae stout, curved and serrate on convex side, neurochaetae slenderer, with distal part flattened and serrated along both lateral margins. Posterior end without ventral keel, rounded. Pharynx not everted, not dissected due to fragility of specimens, thus unknown.

==Remarks==
There are five genera within the {{Taxon name|Macellicephalinae}} that possess branchial-like cirriform dorsal tubercles: ''{{Taxon name|Bathyfauvelia}}'' Pettibone, 1976, ''{{Taxon name|Bathycatalina}}'' Pettibone, 1976, ''{{Taxon name|Bathybahamas}}'' Pettibone, 1985, ''{{Taxon name|Vampiropolynoe}}'' Marcus & Hourdez, 2002, and ''{{Taxon name|Yodanoe}}'' Bonifácio & Menot, 2018. However, only ''{{Taxon name|Bathybahamas}}'' and ''{{Taxon name|Yodanoe}}'' have only eight pairs of elytra. ''{{Taxon name|Yodanoe}}'' possesses notopodia much shorter than neuropodia, whereas these specimens have noto- and neuropodia subequal in length. ''{{Taxon name|Bathybahamas}}'' is a monotypic genus, with ''{{Taxon name|B. charleneae}}'' Pettibone, 1985 described from off the Bahamas at a depth of 2066 m, but it possesses two types of neurochaetae, and 18 body segments, which these specimens do not.

==Records==
6 specimens. Suppl. material 1: ops. 31, 79, 98 (AM).

==Taxon Treatment==
*{{aut|Gunton, L}}; {{aut|Kupriyanova, E}}; {{aut|Alvestad, T}}; {{aut|Avery, L}}; {{aut|Blake, J}}; {{aut|Biriukova, O}}; {{aut|Böggemann, M}}; {{aut|Borisova, P}}; {{aut|Budaeva, N}}; {{aut|Burghardt, I}}; {{aut|Capa, M}}; {{aut|Georgieva, M}}; {{aut|Glasby, C}}; {{aut|Hsueh, P}}; {{aut|Hutchings, P}}; {{aut|Jimi, N}}; {{aut|Kongsrud, J}}; {{aut|Langeneck, J}}; {{aut|Meißner, K}}; {{aut|Murray, A}}; {{aut|Nikolic, M}}; {{aut|Paxton, H}}; {{aut|Ramos, D}}; {{aut|Schulze, A}}; {{aut|Sobczyk, R}}; {{aut|Watson, C}}; {{aut|Wiklund, H}}; {{aut|Wilson, R}}; {{aut|Zhadan, A}}; {{aut|Zhang, J}}; 2021: Annelids of the eastern Australian abyss collected by the 2017 RV ‘Investigator’ voyage [https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ ''ZooKeys'',] '''1020''': 1-198. {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.1020.57921}}