Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Bathymetrinae with centrodorsal rounded conical to hemispherical, with as many as 65 sockets arranged irregularly or in 30 columns. Cirri with 25-45 cirrals, the longest 2-3 times longer than wide. Brachitaxes and proximal brachials typically laterally flattened with more or less spinose edges. First pinnule longer than second and third pinnules.