Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi is a deep-sea scale worm which is only known to occur in the Pacific Ocean, where it is recorded from a depth range of about 5,500–8,000 m.Pettibone MH (1976) Revision of the genus Macellicephala McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 229: 1–71. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229.
Description Bathyeliasona kirkegaardi has 17 segments, with 8 pairs of elytra and no pigmentation. The anterior margin of the prostomium comprises a pair of acute anterior projection and the lateral antennae are absent. The notochaetae are thinner than the neurochaetae, with bidentate neurochaetae absent.
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