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Tomopteridae Johnston, 1865 
AphiaID: 958

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

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 Genus Briaraea
Genus Enapteris Rosa, 1908
Genus Escholtzia
Genus Tomopteris Eschscholtz, 1825

Genus Johnstonella Gosse, 1853 accepted as Tomopteris (Johnstonella) (Gosse, 1853)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:958
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). Tomopteridae. 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=958 on 2013-05-24
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