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Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864

944  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:944)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Chrysopetalidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Acanthopale San Martín, 1986
  2. Subfamily Calamyzinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
    1. Genus Boudemos Watson, Carvajal, Sergeeva, Pleijel & Rouse, 2016
    2. Genus Calamyzas Arwidsson, 1932
    3. Genus Craseoschema Ravara & Aguado in Ravara et al, 2019
    4. Genus Flascarpia Blake, 1993
    5. Genus Iheyomytilidicola Miura & Hashimoto, 1996
    6. Genus Laubierus Blake, 1993
    7. Genus Micospina Watson, Carvajal, Sergeeva, Pleijel & Rouse, 2016
    8. Genus Miura Blake, 1993
    9. Genus Mytilidiphila Miura & Hashimoto, 1993
    10. Genus Natsushima Miura & Laubier, 1990
    11. Genus Nautiliniella Miura & Laubier, 1990
    12. Genus Petrecca Blake, 1990
    13. Genus Santelma Blake, 1993
    14. Genus Shinkai Miura & Laubier, 1990
    15. Genus Spathochaeta Jimi, Moritaki & Kajihara, 2019
    16. Genus Thyasiridicola Miura & Hashimoto, 1996
    17. Genus Vesicomyicola Dreyer, Miura & Van Dover, 2004
    18. Genus Vigtorniella Kiseleva, 1996
    19. Genus Nautilina Miura & Laubier, 1989 accepted as Nautiliniella Miura & Laubier, 1990 (junior homonym)
  3. Subfamily Chrysopetalinae Ehlers, 1864
    1. Genus Arichlidon Watson Russell, 1998
    2. Genus Bhawania Schmarda, 1861
    3. Genus Bhawatsonia Cruz-Gómez, 2021
    4. Genus Chrysopetalum Ehlers, 1864
    5. Genus Hyalopale Perkins, 1985
    6. Genus Paleaequor Watson Russell, 1986
    7. Genus Paleanotus Schmarda, 1861
    8. Genus Pseudodysponetus Böggemann, 2009
    9. Genus Strepternos Watson Russell, 1991
    10. Genus Thrausmatos Watson, 2001
    11. Genus Treptopale Perkins, 1985
    12. Genus Psectra Grube, 1868 accepted as Bhawania Schmarda, 1861
  4. Subfamily Dysponetinae Aguado, Nygren & Rouse, 2013
    1. Genus Dysponetus Levinsen, 1879
    2. Genus Taphus Webster & Benedict, 1887 accepted as Dysponetus Levinsen, 1879 (subjective synonym)
  5. Genus Heteropale Johnson, 1897 accepted as Paleanotus Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym)
  6. Genus Victoriella Kiseleva, 1992 accepted as Vigtorniella Kiseleva, 1996 (junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 80 [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=944 on 2025-05-01
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Nomenclature

original description Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 80 [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Gathof, Jerry M. (1984). Family Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Volume 3. Chapter Pagination: 26.1-26.10, Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
page(s): 26.1 [details] 

status source Pleijel, Fredrik and Dahlgren, T.G. 1998. Position and delineation of Chrysopetalidae and Hesionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida). Cladistics 14: 129-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.1998.tb00327.x [details] 

status source Aguado, María Teresa; Nygren, Arne; Rouse, Greg W. (2013). Two apparently unrelated groups of symbiotic annelids, Nautiliniellidae and Calamyzidae (Phyllodocida, Annelida), are a clade of derived chrysopetalid polychaetes. <em>Cladistics.</em> 29(6): 610-628., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12011
page(s): 625 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Ecology

ecology source Watson, Charlotte; Faulwetter, Sarah. (2017). Stylet jaws of Chrysopetalidae (Annelida). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> Efirst: 1-62., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395919
note: Morphology and ecology of chrysopetalid genera [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Identification resource

identification resource Cruz-Gómez, Christopher. (2021). A new genus and seven new species of chrysopetalids (Annelida, Chrysopetalidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5068(1): 1-59., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5068.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Perkins, T. H. (1985). Chrysopetalum, Bhawania and two new genera of Chrysopetalidae (Polychaeta), principally from Florida. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(4): 856-915., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34649145 [details] 

Other

additional source 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] 

 
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