Admetella is a genus of marine in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). Species of Admetella, although uncommonly collected are nevertheless known from widespread localities in the Indian Ocean, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans at depths of 400–6,000 m.[
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Description
Species of
Admetella have a short triangular sheath-like appendage at the base of the
Prostomium and have 50 or more segments and 25 to 31 pairs of elytra.
Chaeta and
Chaeta are long, slender and are distally flattened.
Species
Three valid species of
Admetella are known as of July 2020:
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Admetella brevis Levenstein, 1978
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Admetella hastigerens Chamberlin, 1919
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Admetella longipedata (McIntosh, 1885)
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