WoRMS taxon details
Trochochaetidae Pettibone, 1963
915 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:915)
accepted
Family
Disomidae Mesnil, 1897 · unaccepted (based on an invalid genus, Disoma...)
based on an invalid genus, Disoma (junior homonym)
- Genus Cherusca Müller, 1858
- Genus Trochochaeta Levinsen, 1884
- Genus Disoma Örsted, 1844 accepted as Trochochaeta Levinsen, 1884 (junior homonym, replaced by Trochochaeta Levinsen)
- Genus Disomides Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Trochochaeta Levinsen, 1884 (unnecessary replacement name)
- Genus Nevaya McIntosh, 1911 accepted as Trochochaeta Levinsen, 1884 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Thaumastoma Webster & Benedict, 1884 accepted as Trochochaeta Levinsen, 1884 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 308 [details]
page(s): 308 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Trochochaetidae Pettibone, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=915 on 2026-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 308 [details]
original description (of Disomidae Mesnil, 1897) Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. II. Remarques complémentaires sur les Spionidiens. La famille nouvelle des Disomidiens. La place des Aonides (sensu Tauber, Levinsen). <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 83-100., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721719
page(s): 97 [details]
page(s): 308 [details]
original description (of Disomidae Mesnil, 1897) Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études de morphologie externe chez les Annélides. II. Remarques complémentaires sur les Spionidiens. La famille nouvelle des Disomidiens. La place des Aonides (sensu Tauber, Levinsen). <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 83-100., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721719
page(s): 97 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Rouse, Greg; Pleijel, Fredrik; Tilic, Ekin. (2022). Annelida. <em>[book].</em> Oxford University Press, Oxford, 418pp., available online at https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780199692309.001.0001/oso-9780199692309
page(s): 165, 243 (figure 58.1); note: A molecular analysis (figure 58.1) includes an unnamed Trochochaeta at the base of a Spionidae tree. The authors regard Trochochaeta as part of Spionidae [details]
status source Bogantes, Viktoria E.; Meiβner, Karin; Waits, Damien S.; Kocot, Kevin M.; Halanych, Kenneth M. (2024). Phylogenomic reconstruction influenced by assembly and annotation parameters: Using whole genome data to unravel the relationships of Spionidae (Annelida). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 53(5): 732-751., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12676
note: Whole genome data places an unnamed Trochochaeta outside of Spionidae. The authors state that: "the phylogeny provided here supports the monophyly of Spionidae without the inclusion of Trochochaetidae...
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page(s): 165, 243 (figure 58.1); note: A molecular analysis (figure 58.1) includes an unnamed Trochochaeta at the base of a Spionidae tree. The authors regard Trochochaeta as part of Spionidae [details]
status source Bogantes, Viktoria E.; Meiβner, Karin; Waits, Damien S.; Kocot, Kevin M.; Halanych, Kenneth M. (2024). Phylogenomic reconstruction influenced by assembly and annotation parameters: Using whole genome data to unravel the relationships of Spionidae (Annelida). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 53(5): 732-751., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12676
note: Whole genome data places an unnamed Trochochaeta outside of Spionidae. The authors state that: "the phylogeny provided here supports the monophyly of Spionidae without the inclusion of Trochochaetidae...
Whole genome data places an unnamed Trochochaeta outside of Spionidae. The authors state that: "the phylogeny provided here supports the monophyly of Spionidae without the inclusion of Trochochaetidae".
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Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Peixoto, Antonio J. M. (2018). First record of Trochochaeta japonica (Annelida: Spionidae) in Brazil with identification key to species of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4462(4): 566–578., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4462.4.8 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Classification The placement of Trochochaeta as a monogeneric family or as part of Spionidae is not yet resolved. Various works have expressed opinions. Those based on molecular data include Rouse et al (2022) where Trochochaeta (figure 58.1, page 243 in the chapter on Heterospio) is included in Spionidae, based on limited taxa sampling, and Bogantes et al.2024, where their phylogeny supports the monophyly of Spionidae without the inclusion of Trochochaetidae, also based on limited taxa sampling. Further work is necessary. If Trochochaeta belongs in Spionidae it would probably be most useful as a distinct subfamily, and it seems no proposals for this have yet been made. [details]
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| Japanese | ツメゴカイ科 | [details] |
