''Subadyte'' is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family

Polynoidae Polynoidae is a family (biology), family of marine Polychaete worms known as "scale worms" due to the scale-like elytron (Annelida), elytra on the dorsal surface. Almost 900 species are currently recognised belonging to 9 subfamilies and 167 gen ...

, 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 or foreshore is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide; in other words, it is the part of the littoral zone within the tidal range. This area can include several types of habitats with various ...

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 (; ; : 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 ...

. The lateral antennae are positioned ventrally on the

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

, directly beneath the median antenna and the

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 ...

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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3920061 Phyllodocida