WoRMS name details
Chrysopetalacea
936 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:936)
uncertain > nomen dubium (superfluous name, no longer required as nominal superfamily)
Superfamily
marine
Not documented
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Chrysopetalacea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=936 on 2024-04-24
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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basis of record
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Erected for two families now believed unrelated, Palmyridae (see Aphroditidae) and Chrysopetalidae (see Nereidiformia in Phyllodocida). Thus only in part (Palmyridae) would be a synonym of now disused Aphroditoidea [details]
