Arenicolidae Johnston, 1835 
AphiaID: 922

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Scolecida (Subclass)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Scolecida
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]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch wadpieren  [details] English lugworms  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Abarenicola Wells, 1959 Genus Arenicola Lamarck, 1801 Genus Arenicolides Mesnil, 1898 Genus Branchiomaldane Langerhans, 1881 Genus Clymenides Genus Eruca Genus Protocapitella Genus Chorizobranchus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Arenicola Lamarck, 1801
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder: subsurface [details] grazer [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:922
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). Arenicolidae Johnston, 1835. 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=922 on 2013-05-19