Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Conway Morris, Simon ; Peel, John S. 2008. The earliest annelids: Lower Cambrian polychaetes from the Sirius Passet Lagerstatte, Peary Land, North Greenland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(1): 135-146, available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2008.0110 page(s): 144 [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Conway Morris and Peel (2008) also created family Phragmochaetidae for Phragmochaeta canicularis. Not implemented here. [details]
Etymology An oblique reference to the thatch-like appearance of the chaetae, hence reeds (Greek phragmites). Gender unstated. [details]
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