WoRMS taxon details
Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867
- Genus Clavodorum Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
- Genus Commensodorum Fauchald, 1974
- Genus Euritmia Sarda-Borroy, 1987
- Genus Geminofilum Capa, Nygren, Parapar, Bakken, Meißner & Moreira, 2019
- Genus Sphaerephesia Fauchald, 1972
- Genus Sphaerodoridium Lützen, 1961
- Genus Sphaerodoropsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
- Genus Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843
- Genus Thysanoplea Schmidt, 1857
- Genus Amacrodorum Kudenov, 1987 accepted as Euritmia Sarda-Borroy, 1987 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Bebryce [Thompson, 1844] (unaccepted > nomen nudum, unavailable as no description, unavailable as junior homonym)
- Genus Ephesia Rathke, 1843 accepted as Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843 (junior homonym, replaced by synonym; preoccupied by Hübner, 1818 [Lepidoptera])
- Genus Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Ephesiopsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 accepted as Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Pollicita Johnston, 1845 accepted as Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
page(s): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
Nomenclature Fauchald (1974:257) reviews the complicated history of generic synonyms in Sphaerodoridae.
Nomenclature Malmgren (1867:79) used "Spaerodoridae" [sic, in capitals with ligature ae] for the family name for Ephesia gracilis [now...
Nomenclature Fauchald (1974:257) reviews the complicated history of generic synonyms in Sphaerodoridae. [details]
Nomenclature Malmgren (1867:79) used "Spaerodoridae" [sic, in capitals with ligature ae] for the family name for Ephesia gracilis [now...
Nomenclature Malmgren (1867:79) used "Spaerodoridae" [sic, in capitals with ligature ae] for the family name for Ephesia gracilis [now Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843)] of which he gives a full description. No other taxa are recorded. Presumably the spelling without 'h' was a printing lapsus. He apparently included Sphaerodorum and Pollicita as junior to Ephesia. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957 on 2025-11-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
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]
page(s): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fauchald, Kristian. (1974). Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(3): 257-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770241 [details] Available for editors 
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taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Aguado, M. Teresa; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Phylogenetic hypothesis of Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida) and its position within Phyllodocida. <em>Cladistics.</em> 32: 13–30 [August 2016, online before print 12 September 2015]., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12134/abstract [details]
[request]taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Aguado, M. Teresa; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Phylogenetic hypothesis of Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida) and its position within Phyllodocida. <em>Cladistics.</em> 32: 13–30 [August 2016, online before print 12 September 2015]., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12134/abstract [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Capa, Maria; Bakken, Torkild. (2015). Revision of the Australian Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) including the description of four new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4000(2): 227-267., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.3
note: Australian species key and tabulation [details] Available for editors [request]
note: Australian species key and tabulation [details] Available for editors
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Nomenclature Fauchald (1974:257) reviews the complicated history of generic synonyms in Sphaerodoridae. [details]Nomenclature Malmgren (1867:79) used "Spaerodoridae" [sic, in capitals with ligature ae] for the family name for Ephesia gracilis [now Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843)] of which he gives a full description. No other taxa are recorded. Presumably the spelling without 'h' was a printing lapsus. He apparently included Sphaerodorum and Pollicita as junior to Ephesia. [details]
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| Japanese | コブゴカイ科 | [details] |
