Phyllodocidae
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Phyllodoce lineata with everted pharynx | |
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Suborder: | Phyllodociformia
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Family: | Phyllodocidae |
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Phyllodocidae is a family of polychaete worms. Worms in this family live on the seabed and may burrow under the sediment.
Characteristics[]
Members of the Phyllodocidae are characterised by an eversible pharynx and leaf-like dorsal cirri. The head has a pair of antennae at the front, a pair of ventral palps and a single median antenna known as a "nuchal papilla". There is a pair of nuchal organs and there may or may not be a pair of eyes. The first two or three body segments may be part-fused and bear up to four pairs of tentacular cirri. The remaining body segments each bear leaf-like dorsal and ventral cirri, the dorsal ones being larger. The parapodia are uniramous or biramous, and chaetae are present on all but the first segment.[2]
Genera[]
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera :[1]
- Subfamily Bergström, 1914
- Genus Savigny, 1818
- Genus Eulalia Savigny, 1822
- Genus Eumida Malmgren, 1865
- Genus Blake, 1985
- Genus Hartmann-Schröder, 1958
- Genus Bergström, 1914
- Genus Théel, 1879
- Genus Czerniavsky, 1882
- Genus Bergström, 1914
- Genus Claparède, 1868
- Genus Malmgren, 1865
- Subfamily Pleijel, 1991
- Genus Bergström, 1914
- Genus Hartman, 1936
- Genus Blainville, 1828
- Genus Örsted, 1843
- Subfamily Örsted, 1843
- Genus Malmgren, 1867
- Genus Thompson, 1979 †
- Genus Southern, 1914
- Genus Phyllodoce Lamarck, 1818
References[]
- ^ a b Fauchald, Kristian (2008). Read G, Fauchald K (eds.). "Phyllodocidae Örsted, 1843". World Polychaeta database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ Australian Biological Resources Study (2000). Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Csiro Publishing. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-643-06571-0.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Phyllodocidae Örsted, 1843". www.marinespecies.org.
- Polychaetes
- Annelid families
- Annelid stubs