African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Scolecida

Direct children (30)

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Subfamily Euclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906
1. Genus Axiothella Verrill, 1900
2. Genus Clymenella Verrill, 1873
3. Genus Euclymene Verrill, 1900
4. Genus Isocirrus Arwidsson, 1906
5. Genus Johnstonia Quatrefages, 1866
6. Tribe Leiochonini Arwidsson, 1906
  1. Genus Clymenura Verrill, 1900
  2. Genus Leiochone Grube, 1868
7. Genus Macroclymene Verrill, 1900
8. Genus Maldanella McIntosh, 1885
9. Genus Petaloclymene Augener, 1918
10. Genus Praxillella Verrill, 1881
11. Genus Clymene Lamarck, 1818 (uncertain > nomen dubium, confused, stated as indeterminable, unused after Verrill replaced the name with Euclymene)
12. Genus Axiothea Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Axiothella Verrill, 1900 (unaccepted > junior homonym, replaced junior homonym)
13. Genus Praxilla Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Praxillella Verrill, 1881 (replaced junior homonym)
Genus Gravierella Fauvel, 1919
Subfamily Maldaninae Malmgren, 1867
1. Genus Asychis Kinberg, 1867
2. Genus Maldane Grube, 1860
3. Genus Sabaco Kinberg, 1866
4. Genus Branchioasychis Monro, 1939 accepted as Sabaco Kinberg, 1866 (subjective synonym)
5. Genus Heteromaldane Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Maldane Grube, 1860 (subjective synonym)
Subfamily Nicomachinae Arwidsson, 1906
1. Genus Nicomache Malmgren, 1865
2. Genus Petaloproctus Quatrefages, 1866
3. Genus Nichomache [auctt. misspelling] accepted as Nicomache Malmgren, 1865 (subsequent misspelling of Nicomache)
Genus Proclymene Arwidsson, 1906
Subfamily Rhodininae Arwidsson, 1906
1. Genus Rhodine Malmgren, 1865

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.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=923 on 2026-07-05

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=923 on 2026-07-05

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

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Read, Geoffrey

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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]

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]

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 , available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2011.604358 [details]

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]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Maldanidae)
To Genbank
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To The Arctic Traits Database (28 traits)
To ITIS

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Maldanidae