''Admetella'' is a genus of marine

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(scale worms). Species of ''Admetella'', although uncommonly collected are nevertheless known from widespread localities in the

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and Atlantic Oceans at depths of 400–6,000 m.

Description

Species of ''Admetella'' have a short triangular sheath-like appendage at the base of the lateral antennae and have 50 or more segments and 25 to 31 pairs of

elytra An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometime ...

Notochaetae A chaeta or cheta (; ) is a chitinous bristle or seta found on annelid worms, although the term is also frequently used to describe similar structures in other invertebrates such as arthropods. Polychaete annelids (''polychaeta'' literally mean ...

and

neurochaetae A chaeta or cheta (; ) is a chitinous bristle or seta found on annelid worms, although the term is also frequently used to describe similar structures in other invertebrates such as arthropods. Polychaete annelids (''polychaeta'' literally mean ...

are long, slender and are distally flattened.

Species

Three valid species of ''Admetella'' are known as of July 2020: *'' Admetella brevis'' Levenstein, 1978 *'' Admetella hastigerens'' Chamberlin, 1919 *'' Admetella longipedata'' (McIntosh, 1885)

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3921863 Phyllodocida Polychaete genera