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Hesionidae Grube, 1850 
AphiaID: 946

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Nereidiformia
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]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Alikuhnia
Genus Anophthalmus
Genus Bonuania
Genus Friedericiella
Genus Hesiocaeca
Genus Hesiodeira
Genus Hesiolyra Blake, 1985
Subfamily Hesiolyrinae
Genus Hesionella Hartman, 1939
Subfamily Hesioninae
  » Tribe Hesionini
» Tribe Psamathini
Genus Heteropodarke Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
Genus Kefersteinia
Genus Lamproderma Grube, 1877
Genus Leocratides Ehlers, 1908
Genus Mahesia
Subfamily Microphthalminae
  » Genus Hesionides Friedrich, 1937
» Genus Microphthalmus Mecznikov, 1865
Genus Micropodarke Okuda, 1938
Subfamily Ophiodrominae
  » Tribe Gyptini
» Tribe Ophiodromini
Genus Orseis Ehlers, 1864
Genus Oxydromus Grube, 1855
Genus Parahesione Pettibone, 1956
Genus Parapodarke
Genus Periboea Ehlers, 1864
Genus Podarke Ehlers, 1864
Genus Pseudosyllidia
Genus Sinohesione Westheide, Purschke & Mangerich, 1994
Genus Sirsoe Pleijel, 1998
Genus Struwela Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
Genus Wesenbergia Hartman, 1955

Genus Cirrosyllis Schmarda, 1861 (nomen dubium, polyphyletic)
Genus Ichthyohesione Uchida, 2004 (nomen dubium, type is unavailable name (Art.16))
Genus Parahesiocaeca Uchida, 2004 (nomen dubium, type is unavailable name (Art.16))
Genus Synsyllidia Uchida, 2004 (nomen dubium, type is unavailable name (Art.16))
Genus Uncopodarke Uchida, 2004 (nomen dubium, type is unavailable name (Art.16))

Genus Anoplonereis Giard, 1882 accepted as Ophiodromus Sars, 1862 accepted as Oxydromus Grube, 1855
Genus Castalia Savigny, 1822 accepted as Nereimyra Blainville, 1828
Genus Hesionella Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 accepted as Wesenbergia Hartman, 1955
Genus Hesiosyllis Wesenberg Lund, 1950 accepted as Pionosyllis Malmgren, 1867
Genus Magalia Marion & Bobretzky, 1874 accepted as Syllidia Quatrefages, 1865
Genus Neopodarke Hartman, 1965 accepted as Nereimyra Blainville, 1828
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Date of publication: Grube, 1850 in Dauvin et al. (2003) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:946
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Hesionidae. 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=946 on 2013-05-25
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