Subadyte

Subadyte is a genus of marine polychaete worms belonging to the family Polynoidae, 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 to depths of about 1200 m.^[2][3][4]

Subadyte
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Subclass:	Errantia
Order:	Phyllodocida
Family:	Polynoidae
Genus:	Subadyte Pettibone, 1969
Type species
Polynoe pellucida Ehlers, 1864, accepted as Subadyte pellucida (Ehlers, 1864)[1]

Description

Subadyte are short-bodied worms with around 35–41 segments and 15–16 pairs of elytra. The lateral antennae are positioned ventrally on the prostomium, directly beneath the median antenna and the neurochaetae bear bidentate tips.^[2][3]

Species

As at October 2020 Subadyte contains eight species:^[1]

• 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)