Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Aphroditiformia > Family Polynoidae > Subfamily Macellicephalinae > Tribe Macellicephalini > Genus Macellicephala

Macellicephala longipalpa Uschakov, 1957

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macellicephala*	McIntosh, 1885	accepted genus name
*Oligolepis*	Levinsen, 1886	junior homonym

Literature

original description	Uschakov, P. V. (1957). [On the polychaete worms fauna (Polychaeta) of the Arctic and Antarctic]. K faune mnogoshchetinkovikh chervei (Polychaeta) Arkitki i Antarktiki. Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 36(11): 1659-1672.
basis of record	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
redescription	Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Revision of the genus Macellicephala McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 229: 1-71.
redescription	Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Macellicephala longipalpa Uschakov, 1957. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:130806