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Acoetidae Kinberg, 1856 
AphiaID: 19199

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Aphroditiformia (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Aphroditiformia
Synonymised
taxa
  Polyodontidae Augener, 1918 (preoccupied)
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

basis of record: Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. 2003. The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 559: 167pp., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510613533/The-Aphroditoidea-Annelida-Polychaeta-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea [details]

additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

from synonym: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English paddlefishes (from synonym)  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Acoetes Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832
Genus Euarche Ehlers, 1887
Genus Eumolpe
Genus Eupanthalis McIntosh, 1876
Genus Eupolyodontes Buchanan, 1894
Genus Eupompe
Genus Neopanthalis
Genus Panthalis Kinberg, 1856
Genus Polyodontes Renieri in Blainville, 1828
Genus Pseudeupanthalis
Genus Restio
Genus Zachsiella
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Notes  Classification: Placement in superfamily Aphroditacea follows the position of Polyodontidae [details]

Status: Polyodontidae is preoccupied in fishes and replaced by Acoetidae (R. Barnich) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:19199
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2007-01-22 09:31:04Z  checked  Barnich, Ruth
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
2012-09-19 03:31:54Z  changed  Read, Geoffrey
  
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  Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Acoetidae. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=19199 on 2013-05-18
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