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Polychaeta taxon details

Cirratulidae Carus, 1863 
AphiaID: 919

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Terebellida (Order) > Cirratuliformia (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Cirratuliformia
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: Rosenberg, G. & R. E. Petit. (1987). Ryckholt’s Mélanges Paléontologiques, 1851-1862, with a new name for Tudicola H. & A. Adams, non Ryckholt. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 53-64. [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Glasby, C.; Read, G. (2009). Polychaeta, Myzostomida. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English red threads worms  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Ambo
Genus Aphelochaeta Blake, 1991
Genus Archidice
Genus Caulleriella Chamberlin, 1919
Genus Chaetozone Malmgren, 1867
Genus Cirratulispio
Genus Cirratulus Lamarck, 1801
Genus Cirrhatula
Genus Cirrhatulus
Genus Cirriformia Hartman, 1936
Genus Dodecaceria Örsted, 1843
Genus Fauvelicirratulus Çinar & Petersen, 2011
Genus Heterocirrus Grube, 1855
Genus Labranda
Genus Monticellina Laubier, 1961
Genus Naraganseta
Genus Pentacirrus
Genus Promenia
Genus Protocirrineris Czerniavsky, 1881
Genus Pseudocirratulus
Genus Tharyx Webster & Benedict, 1887
Genus Timarete Kinberg, 1866

Genus Cirrhineris Blainville, 1828 (nomen dubium)

Genus Cirrineris [auctt.] represented as Cirrhineris Blainville, 1828 (alternate representation, misspelling of Cirrhineris Blainville, 1828)

Genus Audouina [auctt.] accepted as Cirriformia Hartman, 1936
Genus Audouinia Quatrefages, 1865 accepted as Cirriformia Hartman, 1936
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Classification: Placed under Spionida [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:919
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2006-06-08 07:36:34Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2007-12-15 20:01:16Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Cirratulidae. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=919 on 2013-06-20