{{short description|Genus of annelids}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | image_upright = | image_alt = | taxon = Admetella | authority = McIntosh, 1885 | synonyms = | type_species = ''Polynoe (Admetella) longipedata'' | type_species_authority = McIntosh, 1885 }} '''''Admetella''''' is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). Species of ''Admetella'', although uncommonly collected are nevertheless known from widespread localities in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans at depths of 400–6,000 m.<ref name=pettibone>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.5479/si.00963801.121-3575.1| volume = 121| issue = 3575| pages = 1–15| last = Pettibone| first = Marian H.| title = Some bathyal polynoids from central and northeastern Pacific (Polychaeta: Polynoids)| journal = Proceedings of the United States National Museum| date = 1967| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/29675}} </ref> == Description == Species of ''Admetella'' have a short triangular sheath-like appendage at the base of the lateral antennae and have 50 or more segments and 25 to 31 pairs of elytra. Notochaetae and neurochaetae are long, slender and are distally flattened.<ref name=pettibone></ref> ==Species== Three valid species of ''Admetella'' are known as of July 2020:<ref name=read> {{Cite web| last1 = Read| first1 = Geoffrey B.| last2 = Fauchald| first2 = Kristian| title = The World Polychaeta Database| date = 2020| url = https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/}} </ref> *''Admetella brevis'' Levenstein, 1978 *''Admetella hastigerens'' Chamberlin, 1919 *''Admetella longipedata'' (McIntosh, 1885){{#tag:ref|A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Admetella ''.|group=lower-alpha}} ==Notes== {{notelist}}
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Category:Phyllodocida Category:Polychaete genera