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Polychaeta taxon details

Sigalionidae Kinberg, 1856

943  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:943)

accepted
Family
Peisidicidae Darboux, 1899 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pholoididae Fauchald, 1977 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name for...)  
unnecessary replacement name for subjective synonym Peisidicidae

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  1. Genus Labioleanira Pettibone, 1992
  2. Genus Labiosthenolepis Pettibone, 1992
  3. Genus Leanira Kinberg, 1856
  4. Genus Leanithalessa Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
  5. Genus Mayella Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
  6. Genus Mustaquimsthenelais Wehe, 2007
  7. Genus Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970
  8. Subfamily Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919
    1. Genus Claparedepelogenia Pettibone, 1997
    2. Genus Dayipsammolyce Pettibone, 1997
    3. Genus Hartmanipsammolyce Pettibone, 1997
    4. Genus Heteropelogenia Pettibone, 1997
    5. Genus Neopsammolyce Pettibone, 1997
    6. Genus Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861
    7. Genus Pottsipelogenia Pettibone, 1997
    8. Genus Psammolyce Kinberg, 1856
    9. Genus Eupholoe McIntosh, 1885 accepted as Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym)
    10. Genus Lepidopleum [Auctt.] accepted as Claparedepelogenia Pettibone, 1997 (misspelling of Lepidopleurus Claparède)
    11. Genus Lepidopleurus Claparède, 1868 accepted as Claparedepelogenia Pettibone, 1997 (junior homonym)
    12. Genus Pelagonia [auct. misspelling] accepted as Pelogenia Schmarda, 1861 (lapsus)
  9. Genus Pholoides Pruvot, 1895
  10. Subfamily Pholoinae Kinberg, 1858
    1. Genus Imajimapholoe Pettibone, 1992
    2. Genus Laubierpholoe Pettibone, 1992
    3. Genus Metaxypsamma Wolf, 1986
    4. Genus Pholoe Johnston, 1839
    5. Genus Taylorpholoe Pettibone, 1992
  11. Subfamily Pisioninae Ehlers, 1901
    1. Genus Anoplopisione Laubier, 1967
    2. Genus Pisione Grube, 1857
    3. Genus Pisionella Hartman, 1939
    4. Genus Pisionidens Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1943
    5. Genus Fauveliella Tebble, 1953 accepted as Pisionidens Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1943 (subjective synonym)
    6. Genus Pisionella Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940 accepted as Pisionidens Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1943 (replaced junior homonym)
    7. Genus Praegeria Southern, 1914 accepted as Pisione Grube, 1857 (subjective synonym)
    8. Genus Sylloides Nolte, 1941 accepted as Pisione Grube, 1857 (subjective synonym, larval form)
  12. Genus Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832
  13. Subfamily Sigalioninae Kinberg, 1856
    1. Genus Ehlersileanira Pettibone, 1970
    2. Genus Euthalenessa Darboux, 1899
    3. Genus Fimbriosthenelais Pettibone, 1971
    4. Genus Horstileanira Pettibone, 1970
  14. Genus Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856
  15. Subfamily Sthenelanellinae Gonzalez, Martínez, Borda, Iliffe, Eibye-Jacobsen & Worsaae, 2018
    1. Genus Sthenelanella Moore, 1910
    2. Genus Euleanira Horst, 1916 accepted as Sthenelanella Moore, 1910 (subjective synonym)
    3. Genus Pseudeupanthalis Fauvel, 1958 accepted as Sthenelanella Moore, 1910 (subjective synonym)
  16. Genus Sthenolepis Willey, 1905
  17. Genus Willeysthenelais Pettibone, 1971
  18. Genus Conconia Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856 (subjective synonym)
  19. Genus Eusigalion Augener, 1918 accepted as Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832 (subjective synonym)
  20. Genus Parapholoe Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Pholoides Pruvot, 1895 (subjective synonymy)
  21. Genus Parasthenelais Amoureux, 1972 accepted as Eusthenelais McIntosh, 1876 (unjustified replacement name for Eusthenelais)
  22. Genus Pareupholoe Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 accepted as Pholoides Pruvot, 1895 (subjective synonym)
  23. Genus Peisidice Johnson, 1897 accepted as Pholoides Pruvot, 1895 (subjective synonym)
  24. Genus Thalenessa Baird, 1866 accepted as Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832 (subjective synonym)
  25. Genus Eusthenelais McIntosh, 1876 (uncertain > nomen dubium, type indeterminable from its syntype)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 387; note: uses Family "Sigalionina" based on Sigalion and includes Sthenelais and Sigalion [details]   
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sigalionidae Kinberg, 1856. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=943 on 2024-03-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2007-01-18 14:44:44Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2012-09-19 03:31:54Z
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2013-11-17 03:35:09Z
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2017-04-29 08:24:52Z
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original description Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 387; note: uses Family "Sigalionina" based on Sigalion and includes Sthenelais and Sigalion [details]   

original description  (of Pholoididae Fauchald, 1977) Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf
page(s): 8, 66; note: created for Pholoides. Unnecessary replacement for Peisidicidae [details]   

original description  (of Peisidicidae Darboux, 1899) Darboux, G. (1899). Recherches sur les Aphroditiens. <em>Travaux de l'Institut de Zoologie de l'Université de Montpellier et de la Station zoologique de Cette.</em> Ser. 2, mem. 6: 1-276.
note: as subfamily Peisidicinae of Aphroditidae [details]   

taxonomy source Aungtonya, Charatsee; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny. (2014). Annotated checklist of the taxa of Sigalionidae and Pholoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Center Special publication.</em> 32, 151-185., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268479525_Annotated_checklist_of_the_taxa_of_Sigalionidae_and_Pholoidae_%28Annelida_Polychaeta%29
note: comprehensive checklist [details]   

taxonomy source Gonzalez, Brett C.; Martínez, Alejandro; Borda, Elizabeth; Iliffe, Thomas M.; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny; Worsaae, Katrine. (2018). Phylogeny and systematics of Aphroditiformia. <em>Cladistics.</em> 34(3): 225-259., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12202/full
note: Sigalionidae subfamilies proposed [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2003). The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 559: 1-167., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510613533/The-Aphroditoidea-Annelida-Polychaeta-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]   

redescription Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 16; note: probably first use of Sigalionidae as a spelling [details]   

identification resource Barnich, Ruth. (2011). Identification of scale worms in British and Irish waters. NMBAQC 2010 taxonomic workshop, Dove Marine Laboratory. 52 pp., available online at http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/invertebrates/literature-and-taxonomic-keys/identification-of-scale-worms.aspx [details]   

identification resource Chambers, S.J. & Muir, A.I. (1997). Polychaetes: British Chrysopetaloidea, Pisionoidea and Aphroditoidea. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series).</em> 54: 1-202. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 141 [details]   
From editor or global species database
Authority As noted by Rouse & Pleijel (2001) the author of the first usage as a family should be Kinberg (1856), not Malmgren (1867). Kinberg used Family "Sigalionina" [sic] based on Sigalion and included Sthenelais and Sigalion. Despite the 'ina' spelling Kinberg intended the name at family-level, not subfamily level. Malmgren (1867: 16) used the corrected spelling "Sigalionidae" which he indicated "= Sigalionina et Pholoina Knbg". [details]

Classification includes former separated families Peisidicidae (aka Pholoididae) as a synonym, and families Pisionidae and Pholoidae reduced in rank to a subfamilies of Sigalionidae,  [details]
LanguageName 
English scaleworms  [details]
Japanese ノラリウロコムシ科  [details]