WoRMS taxon details
Alvinellidae Desbruyères & Laubier, 1986
233985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:233985)
accepted
Family
Alvinella Desbruyères & Laubier, 1980 (type by original designation)
Alvinellinae Desbruyères & Laubier, 1980 · unaccepted (disused, placeholder entry for...)
disused, placeholder entry for rank upgrade to family)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Desbruyères, D. and Laubier, L. 1986. Les Alvinellidae, une famille nouvelle d'annélides polychètes inféodées aux sources hydrothermales sous-marines: systématique, biologie et écologie. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 64(10): 2227-2245. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Alvinellidae Desbruyères & Laubier, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=233985 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Desbruyères, D. and Laubier, L. 1986. Les Alvinellidae, une famille nouvelle d'annélides polychètes inféodées aux sources hydrothermales sous-marines: systématique, biologie et écologie. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 64(10): 2227-2245. [details]
original description (of Alvinellinae Desbruyères & Laubier, 1980) Desbruyères, D. and Laubier, L. 1980. Alvinella pompejana gen. sp. nov., Ampharetidae aberrant des sources hydrothermales de la ride Est-Pacifique. Oceanologica Acta, 3(3): 267-274.
page(s): 268 [details]
original description (of Alvinellinae Desbruyères & Laubier, 1980) Desbruyères, D. and Laubier, L. 1980. Alvinella pompejana gen. sp. nov., Ampharetidae aberrant des sources hydrothermales de la ride Est-Pacifique. Oceanologica Acta, 3(3): 267-274.
page(s): 268 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Brun, Pierre-Guillaume; Hourdez, Stéphane; Ballenghien, Marion; Zhou, Yadong; Mary, Jean; Jollivet, Didier. (2024). A step in the deep evolution of Alvinellidae (Annelida: Polychaeta): A phylogenomic comparative approach based on transcriptomes. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 201: 108207: 1-14., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790324001994
note: The authors present a phylogeny but make no formal changes to the classification of Alvinellidae. Brun et al suggest Paralvinella unidentata belongs in Alvinella [details] Available for editors
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note: The authors present a phylogeny but make no formal changes to the classification of Alvinellidae. Brun et al suggest Paralvinella unidentata belongs in Alvinella [details] Available for editors
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identification resource
Desbruyères, D., M. Segonzac & M. Bright (eds.). (2006). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Second Edition Denisia 18:1-544. (Copepods 316-355) (Polychaeta 183-296), available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?litnr=23702 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
additional source Rousset, Vincent, Rouse, G.W., Feral, Jean Pierre, Desbruyeres, Daniel and Pleijel, Fredrik 2003. Molecular and morphological evidence of Alvinellidae relationships (Terebelliformia, Polychaeta, Annelida). Zoologica Scripta 32(2): 185-197. [details]
additional source Desbruyères, D., M. Segonzac & M. Bright (eds.). (2006). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Second Edition Denisia 18:1-544. (Copepods 316-355) (Polychaeta 183-296), available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?litnr=23702
page(s): 282 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rousset, Vincent, Rouse, G.W., Feral, Jean Pierre, Desbruyeres, Daniel and Pleijel, Fredrik 2003. Molecular and morphological evidence of Alvinellidae relationships (Terebelliformia, Polychaeta, Annelida). Zoologica Scripta 32(2): 185-197. [details]
additional source Desbruyères, D., M. Segonzac & M. Bright (eds.). (2006). Handbook of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna. Second Edition Denisia 18:1-544. (Copepods 316-355) (Polychaeta 183-296), available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?litnr=23702
page(s): 282 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Habitat All Alvinellidae are hot hydrothermal vent specialists, and are not found anywhere else. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | エラゴカイ科 | [details] |
