Orbiniidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
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| Infraclass: | Scolecida |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Orbiniidae Hartman, 1942 |
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Questidae | |
Orbiniidae is a family of polychaete worms.[1] Orbiniids are mostly unselective deposit feeders on marine detritus. They can be found from the neritic zone to abyssal depths.[2]
The family was revised in 1957 by Hartman [3] and some further revisions were made by Blake in 2000.[4]
Genera[]
References[]
- ^ a b World Register of Marine Species
- ^ Orbiniidae polychaetes (Polychaeta: Scolecida) from Coiba Island, eastern Pacific of Panama, with description of a new species
- ^ Hartman, O. 1957. Orbiniidae, Apistobranchidae, Paraonidae and Longosomidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Exped. 15: 211-393.
- ^ Blake, J.A. 2000. A new genus and species of polychaete worm (Family Orbiniidae) from methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of the systematics and phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera of Orbiniidae. Cah. Biol. Mar. 41: 435-449.
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Categories:
- Polychaetes