WoRMS taxon details
Eunicida
- Family Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919
- Family Eunicidae Berthold, 1827
- Family Hartmaniellidae Imajima, 1977
- Family Lumbrineridae Schmarda, 1861
- Family Oenonidae Kinberg, 1865
- Family Onuphidae Kinberg, 1865
- Family Arabellidae Hartman, 1944 accepted as Oenonidae Kinberg, 1865 (subjective synonym)
- Family Euniphysidae Shen & Wu, 1991 accepted as Eunicidae Berthold, 1827 (Monogeneric grouping (Euniphysa))
- Family Iphitimidae Fauchald, 1970 accepted as Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919 (subjective synonym)
- Family Lysaretidae Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Lumbrineridae Schmarda, 1861 (subjective synonym)
- Family Pseudophyllodocidae Bidenkap, 1895 accepted as Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919 (subjective synonym, for a genus synonym not used as stem of family name)
- Family Staurocephalidae Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Dorvilleidae Chamberlin, 1919 (based on an invalid genus)
- Superfamily Eunicea (uncertain > nomen dubium, Superfluous name and rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Eunicida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=895 on 2025-06-14
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Nomenclature
basis of record
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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Orensanz, J.M. (1990). The Eunicemorph polychaete annelids from Antarctic and Subantarctic Seas. With addenda to the Eunicemorpha of Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and the Southern Indian Ocean. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 52: 1-183., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/AR052p0001/summary [details]
identification resource George, J. D.; Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1985). Polychaetes: British Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <em>Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 32. E.J. Brill; W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07580-1.</em> vii, 221 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource George, J. D.; Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1985). Polychaetes: British Amphinomida, Spintherida and Eunicida: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <em>Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 32. E.J. Brill; W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07580-1.</em> vii, 221 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Orensanz, J.M. (1990). The Eunicemorph polychaete annelids from Antarctic and Subantarctic Seas. With addenda to the Eunicemorpha of Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and the Southern Indian Ocean. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 52: 1-183., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/AR052p0001/summary [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | イソメ目 | [details] |
