Pholoidae Kinberg, 1858 
AphiaID: 941

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Aphroditiformia
Sources		basis of record: Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. 2003. The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 559: 167pp., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510613533/The-Aphroditoidea-Annelida-Polychaeta-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Struck, Torsten H.; Purschke, Guenter and Halanych, Kenneth M. 2005. A scaleless scale worm: Molecular evidence for the phylogenetic placement of Pisione remota (Pisionidae, Annelida). Marine Biology Research, 1:243-253 [details] additional source: Wiklund, Helena, Nygren, Arne, Pleijel, Fredrik and Sundberg, Per 2005. Phylogeny of Aphroditiformia (Polychaeta) based on molecular and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 495-502. [details] redescription: Pettibone, M. H. 1992. Contribution to the polychaete family Pholoidae Kinberg. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 532: 1-24., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5683 [details] status source: Norlinder, Erika; Nygren, Arne; Wiklund, Helena; Pleijel, Fredrik. 2012. Phylogeny of scale-worms (Aphroditiformia, Annelida), assessed from 18SrRNA, 28SrRNA, 16SrRNA, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(2): 490-500, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.002 page(s): 499 [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English scaleworms  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Imajimapholoe Pettibone, 1992 Genus Laubierpholoe Pettibone, 1992 Genus Metaxypsamma Wolf, 1986 Genus Pholoe Johnston, 1839 Genus Taylorpholoe Pettibone, 1992
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Notes		Synonymy: Wiklund et al. (2005) suggested that on molecular evidence "Pisione and Pholoe are positioned within Sigalionidae, suggesting that both family names Pisionidae and Pholoidae should be treated as junior synonyms of Sigalionidae." Struck et al (2005) similarly concluded Pisionidae, Pholoidae, and Sigalionidae are closely related. Norlinder et al. (2012) decided to continue to keep Pholoidae separate from Sigalionidae, but synonymised Pisionidae.  [details] Synonymy: Genus Pareupholoe Hartmann-Schröder, 1962, erected in Sigalionidae, indirectly transfers to Pholoidae as Pareupholoe fimbriata is a synonym of Pholoides asperus. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:941
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2007-01-22 09:31:04Z   changed   Barnich, Ruth 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2010-10-20 00:20:00Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey 2012-09-19 03:31:54Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Pholoidae Kinberg, 1858. 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=941 on 2013-05-21