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Spioniformia 
AphiaID: 909

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Spionida (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor: included in ERMS 1.1
Rank Suborder
Parent Spionida
Source  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]

Direct child
taxa
 Family Aberrantidae Wolf, 1987
Family Apistobranchidae Mesnil & Caullery, 1898
Family Longosomatidae Hartman, 1944
Family Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888
Family Poecilochaetidae Hannerz, 1956
Family Spionidae Grube, 1850
Family Trochochaetidae Pettibone, 1963
Family Uncispionidae Green, 1982

Family Heterospionidae Hartman, 1965 accepted as Longosomatidae Hartman, 1944
Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:909
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Spioniformia. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=909 on 2013-05-25
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