''Bathyadmetella'' is a genus of marine

annelids The annelids (Annelida , from Latin ', "little ring"), also known as the segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. The species exist in and have adapted to various ecolo ...

in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The only species in the genus, ''Bathyadmetella commando'', is known from a single specimen collected at 1646m in the north-west

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...

Description of ''Bathyadmetella commando''

''Bathyadmetella commando'' has 58 segments and 23 pairs of elytra, with reddish-brown body pigmentation. The lateral antennae are inserted terminally on the anterior margin of the

prostomium The prostomium (From Ancient Greek, meaning "before the mouth"; plural: prostomia; sometimes also called the "acron") is the cephalized first body segment in an annelid worm's body at the anterior end. It is in front of (but does not include) th ...

, with auxiliary appendages at the base of the lateral antennae. Bidentate neurochaetae are absent.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q41151664 Phyllodocida Animals described in 1967