Deep-Sea name details

Chrysopetalacea

936  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:936)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
  8. Chrysopetalacea (Superfamily)
uncertain > nomen dubium (superfluous name, no longer required as nominal superfamily)
Superfamily
marine
Not documented
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chrysopetalacea. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=936 on 2025-06-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Chrysopetalacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=936 on 2025-06-03
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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db_admin
2012-09-19 03:31:54Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2012-10-01 01:22:47Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2013-03-18 22:38:57Z
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Read, Geoffrey
2014-08-14 23:23:02Z
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Read, Geoffrey

basis of record 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] 
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Erected for two families now believed unrelated, Palmyridae (see Aphroditidae) and Chrysopetalidae (see Nereidiformia in Phyllodocida). Thus only in part (Palmyridae) would be a synonym of now disused Aphroditoidea [details]