WoRMS taxon details
Aphroditiformia
AphiaID: 927
AphiaID: 927
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor: included in ERMS 1.1 | |||||||
| Rank | Suborder | |||||||
| Parent | Phyllodocida | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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] additional source: Norlinder, Erika; Nygren, Arne; Wiklund, Helena; Pleijel, Fredrik. 2012. Phylogeny of scale-worms (Aphroditiformia, Annelida), assessed from 18SrRNA, 28SrRNA, 16SrRNA, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(2): 490-500, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.002 [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa | Family Acoetidae Kinberg, 1856 Family Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867 Family Eulepethidae Chamberlin, 1919 Family Iphionidae Kinberg, 1856 Family Pholoidae Kinberg, 1858 Family Polynoidae Malmgren, 1867 Family Sigalionidae Malmgren, 1867 Superfamily Aphroditoidea (unaccepted, no longer required as nominal superfamily) Superfamily Chrysopetalacea accepted as Aphroditoidea Family Palmyridae Kinberg, 1858 accepted as Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867 Family Pholoididae Fauchald, 1977 accepted as Sigalionidae Malmgren, 1867 Superfamily Pisionacea accepted as Aphroditoidea Family Pisionidae Southern, 1914 accepted as Sigalionidae Malmgren, 1867 Family Polyodontidae Augener, 1918 accepted as Acoetidae Kinberg, 1856 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Note |
Editor's comment: Superfamilies under suborder Aphroditiformia are currently disused and equivalent, therefore all, including Aphroditoidea, are superfluous. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:927 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Aphroditiformia. 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=927 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||
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