MSBIAS name details
Iphitimidae Fauchald, 1970
155190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155190)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Family
Iphitime Marenzeller, 1902 (type by original designation)
marine
Fauchald, K. (1970). Polychaetous annelids of the families Eunicidae, Lumbrineridae, Iphitimidae, Arabellidae, Lysaretidae and Dorvilleidae from western Mexico. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 5: 1-335., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/3457
page(s): 118-119 [details]
page(s): 118-119 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Iphitimidae Fauchald, 1970. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155190 on 2026-01-16
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Iphitimidae Fauchald, 1970. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155190 on 2026-01-16
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Fauchald, K. (1970). Polychaetous annelids of the families Eunicidae, Lumbrineridae, Iphitimidae, Arabellidae, Lysaretidae and Dorvilleidae from western Mexico. <em>Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology.</em> 5: 1-335., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/3457
page(s): 118-119 [details]
taxonomy source Pilger, John F. 1971. A new species of Iphitime (Polychaeta) from Cancer antennarius (Crustacea: Decapoda). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 70(2): 84-87. [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
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
page(s): 109; note: Iphitimidae (crustacea inquilines) retained, monotypic for Iphitime genus (5 species) [details]
source of synonymy Gaston, Gary R.; Benner, David A. (1981). On Dorvilleidae and Iphitimidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) with a redescription of Eteonopsis geryonicola and a new host record. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 94(1): 76-87., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34607927
page(s): 77; note: Iphitimidae synonymized to Dorvilleidae. Some later authors did not follow this synonymy, notably Orensanz (1990) [details] Available for editors
status source Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny; Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg. (1994). A new genus and species of Dorvilleidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Bermuda, with a phylogenetic analysis of Dorvilleidae, Iphitimidae and Dinophilidae. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 23(3): 107-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1994.tb00379.x
note: to Dorvilleidae [details] Available for editors
status 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]
page(s): 118-119 [details]
taxonomy source Pilger, John F. 1971. A new species of Iphitime (Polychaeta) from Cancer antennarius (Crustacea: Decapoda). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 70(2): 84-87. [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
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
page(s): 109; note: Iphitimidae (crustacea inquilines) retained, monotypic for Iphitime genus (5 species) [details]
source of synonymy Gaston, Gary R.; Benner, David A. (1981). On Dorvilleidae and Iphitimidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) with a redescription of Eteonopsis geryonicola and a new host record. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 94(1): 76-87., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34607927
page(s): 77; note: Iphitimidae synonymized to Dorvilleidae. Some later authors did not follow this synonymy, notably Orensanz (1990) [details] Available for editors
status source Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny; Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg. (1994). A new genus and species of Dorvilleidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Bermuda, with a phylogenetic analysis of Dorvilleidae, Iphitimidae and Dinophilidae. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 23(3): 107-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1994.tb00379.x
note: to Dorvilleidae [details] Available for editors
status 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]