''Subadyte'' is a genus of marine

polychaete worms Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are ma ...

belonging to the family

Polynoidae Polynoidae is a family of marine Polychaete worms known as "scale worms" due to the scale-like elytra on the dorsal surface. Almost 900 species are currently recognised belonging to 9 subfamilies and 167 genera. They are active hunters, but gene ...

, the scaleworms. Eight species of ''Subadyte'' are recognised and the genus is known to occur widely in the world's oceans from the

intertidal zone The intertidal zone, also known as the foreshore, is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide (in other words, the area within the tidal range). This area can include several types of habitats with various species ...

to depths of about 1200 m.Pettibone, Marian H. 1969. Review of some species referred to Scalisetosus McIntosh (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82: 1–30., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3412Hanley, J.R. & Burke, M. (1991) Polychaeta Polynoidae: Scaleworms of the Chesterfield Island and Fairway Reefs, Coral Sea. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 8. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie 151, 9–82.

Description

''Subadyte'' are short-bodied worms with around 35–41 segments and 15–16 pairs of

elytra An elytron (; ; , ) 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 (sometimes altern ...

. The lateral antennae are positioned ventrally on 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 ...

, directly beneath the median antenna and the neurochaetae bear bidentate tips.

Species

As at October 2020 ''Subadyte'' contains eight species:Subadyte albanyensis'' Hanley & Burke, 1990 *'' Subadyte campechensis'' Barnich, Beuck & Freiwald, 2013 *'' Subadyte chesterfieldensis'' Hanley & Burke, 1991 *'' Subadyte mexicana'' Fauchald, 1972 *'' Subadyte micropapillata'' Barnich, Sun & Fiege, 2004 *'' Subadyte mjoebergi'' (Augener, 1922) *''

Subadyte papillifera ''Subadyte papillifera'' is a Polynoidae, scale worm known from the shores of northern Australia and Papua New Guinea from the intertidal zone to depths of about 26 m.Horst, R. 1915. On new and little-known species of Polynoinae from the Netherla ...

'' (Horst, 1915) *'' Subadyte pellucida'' (Ehlers, 1864)

References

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