ERMS taxon details
Sigalionidae Kinberg, 1856
943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:943)
accepted
Family
Pholoididae Fauchald, 1977 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name for...)
unnecessary replacement name for subjective synonym Peisidicidae
- Subfamily Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919
- Subfamily Pholoinae Kinberg, 1858
- Genus Laubierpholoe Pettibone, 1992
- Genus Pholoe Johnston, 1839
- Genus Pholoides Pruvot, 1895
- Subfamily Pisioninae Ehlers, 1901
- Genus Pisione Grube, 1857
- Subfamily Sigalioninae Kinberg, 1856
- Genus Euthalenessa Darboux, 1899
- Genus Fimbriosthenelais Pettibone, 1971
- Genus Labioleanira Pettibone, 1992
- Genus Leanira Kinberg, 1856
- Genus Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970
- Genus Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832
- Genus Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856
- Genus Sthenolepis Willey, 1905
- Genus Parasthenelais Amoureux, 1972 accepted as Eusthenelais McIntosh, 1876 (unjustified replacement name for Eusthenelais)
- Genus Peisidice Johnson, 1897 accepted as Pholoides Pruvot, 1895 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Eusthenelais McIntosh, 1876 (uncertain > nomen dubium, type indeterminable from its syntype)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 387; note: uses Family "Sigalionina" based on Sigalion and includes Sthenelais and Sigalion [details]
page(s): 387; note: uses Family "Sigalionina" based on Sigalion and includes Sthenelais and Sigalion [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sigalionidae Kinberg, 1856. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=943 on 2025-04-22
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Sigalionidae Kinberg, 1856. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=943 on 2025-04-22
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original description
Kinberg, J.G.H. (1856). Nya slägten och arter af Annelider, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9-10), 381-388 [read 1855; printed 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15970133
page(s): 387; note: uses Family "Sigalionina" based on Sigalion and includes Sthenelais and Sigalion [details]
original description (of Pholoididae Fauchald, 1977) Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf
page(s): 8, 66; note: created for Pholoides. Unnecessary replacement for Peisidicidae [details]
taxonomy source Aungtonya, Charatsee; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny. (2014). Annotated checklist of the taxa of Sigalionidae and Pholoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Center Special publication.</em> 32, 151-185., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268479525_Annotated_checklist_of_the_taxa_of_Sigalionidae_and_Pholoidae_%28Annelida_Polychaeta%29
note: comprehensive checklist [details]
taxonomy source Gonzalez, Brett C.; Martínez, Alejandro; Borda, Elizabeth; Iliffe, Thomas M.; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny; Worsaae, Katrine. (2018). Phylogeny and systematics of Aphroditiformia. <em>Cladistics.</em> 34(3): 225-259., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12202/full
note: Sigalionidae subfamilies proposed [details] Available for editors
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2003). The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 559: 1-167., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510613533/The-Aphroditoidea-Annelida-Polychaeta-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea [details] Available for editors
redescription 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): 16; note: probably first use of Sigalionidae as a spelling [details]
identification resource Barnich, Ruth. (2011). Identification of scale worms in British and Irish waters. NMBAQC 2010 taxonomic workshop, Dove Marine Laboratory. 52 pp., available online at http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/invertebrates/literature-and-taxonomic-keys/identification-of-scale-worms.aspx [details]
identification resource Chambers, S.J. & Muir, A.I. (1997). Polychaetes: British Chrysopetaloidea, Pisionoidea and Aphroditoidea. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series).</em> 54: 1-202. (look up in RoR)
page(s): 141 [details]
page(s): 387; note: uses Family "Sigalionina" based on Sigalion and includes Sthenelais and Sigalion [details]
original description (of Pholoididae Fauchald, 1977) Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf
page(s): 8, 66; note: created for Pholoides. Unnecessary replacement for Peisidicidae [details]
taxonomy source Aungtonya, Charatsee; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny. (2014). Annotated checklist of the taxa of Sigalionidae and Pholoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta. <em>Phuket Marine Biological Center Special publication.</em> 32, 151-185., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268479525_Annotated_checklist_of_the_taxa_of_Sigalionidae_and_Pholoidae_%28Annelida_Polychaeta%29
note: comprehensive checklist [details]
taxonomy source Gonzalez, Brett C.; Martínez, Alejandro; Borda, Elizabeth; Iliffe, Thomas M.; Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny; Worsaae, Katrine. (2018). Phylogeny and systematics of Aphroditiformia. <em>Cladistics.</em> 34(3): 225-259., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12202/full
note: Sigalionidae subfamilies proposed [details] Available for editors

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Barnich, Ruth; Fiege, Dieter. (2003). The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 559: 1-167., available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510613533/The-Aphroditoidea-Annelida-Polychaeta-of-the-Mediterranean-Sea [details] Available for editors

redescription 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): 16; note: probably first use of Sigalionidae as a spelling [details]
identification resource Barnich, Ruth. (2011). Identification of scale worms in British and Irish waters. NMBAQC 2010 taxonomic workshop, Dove Marine Laboratory. 52 pp., available online at http://www.nmbaqcs.org/scheme-components/invertebrates/literature-and-taxonomic-keys/identification-of-scale-worms.aspx [details]
identification resource Chambers, S.J. & Muir, A.I. (1997). Polychaetes: British Chrysopetaloidea, Pisionoidea and Aphroditoidea. <em>Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series).</em> 54: 1-202. (look up in RoR)
page(s): 141 [details]



