Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864 
AphiaID: 944

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Nereidiformia
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] status source: Pleijel, Fredrik and Dahlgren, T.G. 1998. Position and delineation of Chrysopetalidae and hesionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida). Cladistics 14: 129-150. [details] identification resource: Perkins, Thomas H. 1985. Chrysopetalum, Bhawania and two new genera of Chrysopetalidae (Polychaeta), principally from Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98(4): 856-915., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34649145 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Acanthopale Genus Arichlidon Watson Russell, 1998 Genus Bhawania Schmarda, 1861 Genus Chrysopetalum Ehlers, 1864 Genus Dysponetus Levinsen, 1879 Genus Hyalopale Perkins, 1985 Genus Paleaequor Genus Paleanotus Schmarda, 1861 Genus Paleaquor Genus Palmyropsis Genus Psectra Genus Pseudodysponetus Böggemann, 2009 Genus Strepternos Genus Taphus Genus Thrausmatos Genus Treptopale Perkins, 1985 Genus Vigtorniella Kiseleva, 1996 Genus Heteropale Johnson, 1897 accepted as Paleanotus Schmarda, 1861 Genus Victoriella Kiseleva, 1992 accepted as Vigtorniella Kiseleva, 1996
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:944
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2012-09-19 03:31:54Z   changed   Read, Geoffrey
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		Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864. 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=944 on 2013-05-22