Acrocirridae

Acrocirridae is a family of polychaete worms. Acrocirrids are detritivores (deposit feeders), catching falling particles with numerous long prostomial tentacles. There are eight known genera, and at least 21 described species and subspecies within the Acrocirridae. The acrocirrids are primarily benthic (seabed-dwelling) animals, but at least two genera (Swima and Teuthidodrilus) appear to have evolved or adapted to a pelagic (free-swimming) habitat.^[1]

Systematics[]

Following is a list of genera and species within the family Acrocirridae:^[2]^[3]

Genus Grube, 1873
- Kudenov, 1976
- Magalhães & Bailey-Brock, 2012
- Banse, 1979
- Moore, 1923
- (Grube, 1860)
- Annenkova, 1934
- Kudenov, 1975
- Okuda, 1934
- Banse, 1979
- Imajima, 1963
- Banse, 1969
- Okuda, 1934
- Marenzeller, 1879
Genus Laubier, 1974
- Averincev, 1980
- Laubier, 1974
Genus Hartman, 1965
- (Fauchald, 1972)
- Fauchald, 1972
- Hartman, 1965
- Hartman, 1965
Genus Gillet, 2001
- Gillet, 2001
- (Kolmer, 1985)
- (Hartman & Fauchald, 1971)
- (Orensanz, 1974)
- Aguirrezabalaga & Ceberio, 2006
- (Kolmer, 1985)
Genus Hartman, 1978
- Hartman, 1978
Genus Grube, 1850
- Kudenov, 1976
- Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
- (M. Sars, 1835)
- Friedrich, 1937
- (Verrill, 1882)
- Westheide, 1981
- Macrochaeta natalensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1996
- Ehlers, 1913
- Banse, 1969
- Eliason, 1962
- (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
- Santos & Silva, 1993
Genus Swima Osborn, Haddock, Pleijel, Madin & Rouse, 2009
- S. bombiviridis Osborn, Haddock, Pleijel, Madin & Rouse, 2009 (also known as Green Bomber Worm or Bombardier Worm), Monterey Bay, California
- Osborn, Haddock & Rouse, 2011
- Osborn, Haddock & Rouse, 2011
Genus Teuthidodrilus Osborn, Madin & Rouse, 2011
- Teuthidodrilus samae Osborn, Madin & Rouse, 2011 (also known as Squidworm), Celebes Sea, East Indian Archipelago