Acrocirridae Banse, 1969 
AphiaID: 920

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		original description: Banse, K. 1969. Acrocirridae n.fam. (Polychaeta Sedentaria). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 26(10): 2595-2620. [details] basis of record: Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d’Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(1): 67-95 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Acrocirrus Grube, 1873 Genus Chauvinelia Genus Chauviniella Heinrich, 1938 Genus Flabelligella Hartman, 1965 Genus Flabelligena Gillet, 2001 Genus Flabelliseta Hartman, 1978 Genus Helmetophorus Hartman, 1978 Genus Macrochaeta Grube, 1850 Genus Swima Osborn, Haddock, Pleijel, Madin & Rouse, 2009 Genus Teuthidodrilus Osborn, Madin & Rouse, 2011 Genus Ledon Webster & Benedict, 1887 accepted as Macrochaeta Grube, 1850
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:920
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2007-12-15 20:01:16Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2010-03-03 00:50:30Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
		[Taxonomic tree] [List Species] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]
		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Acrocirridae Banse, 1969. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=920 on 2013-05-22