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 mirabilis (McIntosh, 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Polynoe (Macellicephala) mirabilis*	McIntosh, 1885	synonym

Literature

additional source	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Augener, Hermann. (1931). Die bodensässigen Polychäten nebst einer Hirudinee der Meteor-Fahrt. Mitteilungen der Zooologisches Staatinstitut und zoologisches Museum, Hamburg. 44: 279-313.
source of synonymy	Eliason, Anders. (1951). Polychaeta. Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition 1947-1948. 2(11): 130-148, plates 1-2.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Macellicephala mirabilis (McIntosh, 1885). 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:130807