WoRMS name details
Lygdaminae Kirtley, 1994
884970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:884970)
unaccepted (disused as not monophyletic)
Subfamily
Lygdamis Kinberg, 1866 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kirtley, David W. 1994. A review and taxonomic revision of the family Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 (Annelida; Polychaeta). Science Series number 1. 1-223. Sabecon Press. Vero Beach, Florida.
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
Taxonomy Kirtley (1994) erected Lygdaminae for Sabellariidae with four parathoracic segments. No further diagnosis. Genera he...
Taxonomy Kirtley (1994) erected Lygdaminae for Sabellariidae with four parathoracic segments. No further diagnosis. Genera he included were Lygdamis, Mariansabellaria, Phalacrostemma, Gesaia, Bathysabellaria and Tetreres. Capa, Hutchings & Peart (2012) did not recover this subfamily in a morphological cladistic analysis and concluded that "this classification should be avoided." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Lygdaminae Kirtley, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=884970 on 2026-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Kirtley, David W. 1994. A review and taxonomic revision of the family Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 (Annelida; Polychaeta). Science Series number 1. 1-223. Sabecon Press. Vero Beach, Florida.
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Capa, Maria; Hutchings, Pat; Peart, Rachael. 2012. Systematic revision of Sabellariidae (Polychaeta) and their relationships with other polychaetes using morphological and DNA sequence data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164(2): 245-284
, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00767.x
page(s): 270; note: Capa et al. recommended Kirtley's classification splitting off Lygdaminae from other Sabellariidae should be avoided [details]
page(s): 270; note: Capa et al. recommended Kirtley's classification splitting off Lygdaminae from other Sabellariidae should be avoided [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Kirtley (1994) erected Lygdaminae for Sabellariidae with four parathoracic segments. No further diagnosis. Genera he included were Lygdamis, Mariansabellaria, Phalacrostemma, Gesaia, Bathysabellaria and Tetreres. Capa, Hutchings & Peart (2012) did not recover this subfamily in a morphological cladistic analysis and concluded that "this classification should be avoided." [details]
