WoRMS taxon details
Sigalionidae Malmgren, 1867
AphiaID: 943
AphiaID: 943
| 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 |
Pholoididae Fauchald, 1977 (subjective synonym) Pisionidae Southern, 1914 (subjective synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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: 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: 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 page(s): 499 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Pettibone, M. H. 1992. Contribution to the polychaete family Pholoidae Kinberg. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 532: 1-24., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/5683 page(s): 2 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Anoplopisione Laubier, 1967 Genus Conconia Genus Ehlersileanira Genus Euleanira Genus Eusigalion Genus Eusthenelais Genus Euthalenessa Darboux, 1900 Genus Fimbriosthenelais Pettibone, 1971 Genus Horstileanira Genus Labioleanira Pettibone, 1992 Genus Labiosthenolepis Genus Leanira Kinberg, 1856 Genus Leanithalessa Genus Mayella Genus Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970 Genus Parasthenelais Amoureux, 1972 Subfamily Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919
Genus Pisione Grube, 1857 Genus Pisionella Hartman, 1939 Genus Pisionidens Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1943 Genus Pontogenessa Genus Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1830 Genus Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856 Genus Sthenelanella Genus Sthenolepis Willey, 1905 Genus Thalenessa Baird, 1868 Genus Willeysthenelais Genus Fauveliella Tebble, 1953 accepted as Pisionidens Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1943 Genus Parapholoe Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 accepted as Pholoides Pruvot, 1895 Genus Pareupholoe Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 accepted as Pholoides Pruvot, 1895 Genus Peisidice Johnson, 1897 accepted as Pholoides Pruvot, 1895 Genus Pisionella Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1940 accepted as Pisionidens Aiyar & Alikunhi, 1943 Genus Praegeria Southern, 1914 accepted as Pisione Grube, 1857 Genus Sylloides Nolte, 1941 accepted as Pisione Grube, 1857 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:943 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2013). Sigalionidae. 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=943 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||
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