original description
Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 44-46, plate V figs. 1-4 [details]
status source
Pettibone, Marian H. (1976). Revision of the genus <i>Macellicephala</i> McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schröder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 229: 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.229
page(s): 66; note: "doubtful Harmothoinae" [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Neal, L.; Wiklund, H.; Muir, A. I.; Linse, K.; Glover, . (2014). The identity of juvenile Polynoidae (Annelida) in the Southern Ocean revealed by DNA taxonomy, with notes on the status of Herdmanella gracilis Ehlers sensu Augener. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 71: 203-216., available online at https://museumsvictoria.com.au/media/4197/203-216_mmv71_neal_4bpz_web.pdf
page(s): 214; note: designated nomen dubium (based on juveniles of at least 2 species of Austrolaenilla) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, central just south of equator [details]