African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867

AphiaID

923 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:923)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Scolecida

Direct children (68)

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Subfamily Euclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906
1. Genus Abyssoclymene Hartman, 1967
2. Genus Aclymene Buzhinskaja, 1995
3. Genus Axiothella Verrill, 1900
4. Genus Caesicirrus Arwidsson, 1911
5. Genus Clymenella Verrill, 1873
6. Genus Euclymene Verrill, 1900
7. Genus Heteroclymene Arwidsson, 1906
8. Genus Isocirrus Arwidsson, 1906
9. Genus Johnstonia Quatrefages, 1866
10. Tribe Leiochonini Arwidsson, 1906
  1. Genus Clymenura Verrill, 1900
  2. Genus Leiochone Grube, 1868
  3. Genus Leiocephalus Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Leiochone Grube, 1868 (junior homonym, subjective synonym [in part])
11. Genus Macroclymene Verrill, 1900
12. Genus Maldanella McIntosh, 1885
13. Genus Microclymene Arwidsson, 1906
14. Genus Petaloclymene Augener, 1918
15. Genus Praxillella Verrill, 1881
16. Genus Axiothea Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Axiothella Verrill, 1900 (unaccepted > junior homonym, replaced junior homonym)
17. Genus Clymenoida Williams, 1852 accepted as Clymene Lamarck, 1818 (indeterminable, but likely a lapsus for Clymene)
18. Genus Eupraxillella Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1989 accepted as Praxillella Verrill, 1881 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
19. Genus Jonhstonia [auct. misspelling for Johnstonia] accepted as Johnstonia Quatrefages, 1866 (printer error misspelling)
20. Genus Macroclymenella Augener, 1926 accepted as Clymenella Verrill, 1873 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
21. Genus Praxilla Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Praxillella Verrill, 1881 (replaced junior homonym)
22. Genus Pseudoclymene Arwidsson, 1906 accepted as Praxillella Verrill, 1881 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
23. Genus Clymene Lamarck, 1818 (uncertain > nomen dubium, confused, stated as indeterminable, unused after Verrill replaced the name with Euclymene)
24. Genus Petaloclymene Green, 1997 (uncertain > nomen dubium, unreplaced junior homonym to Petaloclymene Augener, 1918)
Genus Gravierella Fauvel, 1919
Genus Iphianissa Kinberg, 1866
Subfamily Lumbriclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906
1. Genus Clymenopsis Verrill, 1900
2. Genus Lumbriclymene Sars, 1872
3. Genus Lumbriclymenella Arwidsson, 1911
4. Genus Praxillura Verrill, 1879
Subfamily Maldaninae Malmgren, 1867
1. Genus Asychis Kinberg, 1867
2. Genus Bathyasychis Detinova, 1982
3. Genus Chirimia Light, 1991
4. Genus Maldane Grube, 1860
5. Genus Metasychis Light, 1991
6. Genus Paramaldane Wang & Li, 2016
7. Genus Sabaco Kinberg, 1866
8. Genus Branchioasychis Monro, 1939 accepted as Sabaco Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym)
9. Genus Chrysothemis Kinberg, 1866 accepted as Chirimia Light, 1991 (replaced junior homonym)
10. Genus Heteromaldane Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Maldane Grube, 1860 (subjective synonym)
11. Genus Maldanopsis Verrill, 1900 accepted as Sabaco Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym)
12. Genus Sonatsa Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Maldane Grube, 1860 (subjective synonym)
Genus Mandrocles Kinberg, 1866
Genus Mylitta Kinberg, 1866
Genus Neco Kinberg, 1866
Subfamily Nicomachinae Arwidsson, 1906
1. Genus Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897
2. Genus Nicomache Malmgren, 1865
3. Genus Petaloproctus Quatrefages, 1866
4. Genus Nicomachella Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Petaloproctus Quatrefages, 1866 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
Subfamily Notoproctinae Detinova, 1985
1. Genus Notoproctus Arwidsson, 1906
2. Genus Clymaldane Mesnil & Fauvel, 1939 accepted as Notoproctus Arwidsson, 1906 (subjective synonym)
Genus Proclymene Arwidsson, 1906
Subfamily Rhodininae Arwidsson, 1906
1. Genus Boguea Hartman, 1945
2. Genus Boguella Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
3. Genus Rhodine Malmgren, 1865
Subfamily Bogueinae Hartman & Fauchald, 1971 accepted as Rhodininae Arwidsson, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Heteromaldaninae Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Maldaninae Malmgren, 1867 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
Genus Paraxiothea Webster, 1879 accepted as Clymenella Verrill, 1873 (subjective synonym)
Subfamily Sonatsinae Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Maldaninae Malmgren, 1867 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 98 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=923 on 2025-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

2010-03-03 00:50:30Z

changed

Read, Geoffrey

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 98 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Kobayashi, Genki; Goto, Ryutaro; Takano, Tsuyoshi; Kojima, Shigeaki. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of Maldanidae (Annelida): Multiple losses of tube-capping plates and evolutionary shifts in habitat depth. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127: 332-344., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105579031730859X
note: First molecular phylogeny of the maldanids [details]

status source De Assis, José Eriberto; Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within Maldanidae (Capitellida, Annelida), based on morphological characters. Systematics and Biodiversity 9(3): 233-245 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Garwood, P. R. (2007). Family Maldanidae - A guide to species in waters around the British Isles. NMBAQC 2006 taxonomic workshop, Dove Marine Laboratory. 30p., available online at http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/invertebrates/literature-and-taxonomic-keys.aspx [details]

Other

additional source 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]