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Iphionidae Kinberg, 1856 
AphiaID: 155222

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Typetaxon Iphione Kinberg, 1856
Parent Aphroditiformia
Sources  basis of record: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

status source: Norlinder, Erika; Nygren, Arne; Wiklund, Helena; Pleijel, Fredrik. 2012. Phylogeny of scale-worms (Aphroditiformia, Annelida), assessed from 18SrRNA, 28SrRNA, 16SrRNA, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(2): 490-500, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.002
page(s): 498 [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Iphione Kinberg, 1856
Genus Norepa
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Note  Classification: Raised from previous subfamily status (Iphioninae) within Polynoidae by Norlinder et al. (2012) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155222
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-25 07:40:18Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2007-01-22 09:31:04Z  changed  Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2012-09-19 03:31:54Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Iphionidae Kinberg, 1856. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155222 on 2013-06-19
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