Chaetopteridae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833d 
AphiaID: 918

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Annelida > Polychaeta > Canalipalpata > Spionida

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Spionida
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] additional source: Potts, Frank A. 1914. Polychaeta from the N.E. Pacific: The Chaetopteridae. With an account of the phenomenon of asexual reproduction in Phyllochaetopterus and the description of two new species of Chaetopteridae from the Atlantic. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 67: 955-994., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856337 [details] additional source: Martin, D.; Gil, J.; Carreras-Carbonell, J.; Bhaud, M.R. (2008). Description of a new species of Mesochaetopterus (Annelida, Polychaeta, Chaetopteridae), with redescription of Mesochaetopterus xerecus and an approach to the phylogeny of the family Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 152(2): 201-225., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00342.x [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Chaetopterus Cuvier, 1830
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:918
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2010-03-03 00:50:30Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Chaetopteridae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833d. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=918 on 2013-05-22
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