WoRMS taxon details
Polycirrini Malmgren, 1866
181512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181512)
accepted
Tribe
Polycirridae Malmgren, 1866 · unaccepted (disputed ranking at family-level...)
disputed ranking at family-level for Polycirrus-group species
Polycirrinae Malmgren, 1866 · unaccepted (disused, placeholder entry for...)
disused, placeholder entry for rank downgrade to tribe
- Genus Amaeana Hartman, 1959
- Genus Biremis Polloni, Rowe & Teal, 1973
- Genus Enoplobranchus Verrill, 1879
- Genus Hauchiella Levinsen, 1893
- Genus Lysilla Malmgren, 1866
- Genus Polycirrus Grube, 1850
- Genus Amaea Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Amaeana Hartman, 1959 (replaced junior homonym)
- Genus Anisocirrus Gravier, 1905 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Aphlebina Claparède, 1864 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
- Genus Apneumea Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
- Genus Chaetobranchus Verrill, 1873 accepted as Enoplobranchus Verrill, 1879 (replaced junior homonym)
- Genus Cyaxares Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (Subjective synonym)
- Genus Dejoces Kinberg, 1867 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Ereutho Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Leucariste Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (Subjective synonym)
- Genus Litancyra Hutchings, 1977 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (Subjective synonym)
- Genus Lysille Gravier, 1911 accepted as Lysilla Malmgren, 1866
- Genus Pseudoampharete Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Torquea Leidy, 1855 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 390; note: subfamily originally spelled as "Polycirridea" [details]
page(s): 390; note: subfamily originally spelled as "Polycirridea" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrini Malmgren, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181512 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 390; note: subfamily originally spelled as "Polycirridea" [details]
original description (of Polycirrinae Malmgren, 1866) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 390; note: as a subfamily, but originally spelled Polycirridea [details]
original description (of Polycirridae Malmgren, 1866) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 390; note: erected at subfamily rank, and originally spelled as "Polycirridea" [details]
page(s): 390; note: subfamily originally spelled as "Polycirridea" [details]
original description (of Polycirrinae Malmgren, 1866) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 390; note: as a subfamily, but originally spelled Polycirridea [details]
original description (of Polycirridae Malmgren, 1866) Malmgren, Anders Johan. (1866? vol for 1865). Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. [part three of three]. <em>Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 22(5): 355-410, plates XVIII-XXIX., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32339631
page(s): 390; note: erected at subfamily rank, and originally spelled as "Polycirridea" [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Fitzhugh, Kirk; Hutchings, Pat. 2013. The continuing challenge of phylogenetic relationships in Terebelliformia (Annelida : Polychaeta). Invertebrate Systematics 27(2): 186-238, available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IS12062 [details]
taxonomy source Stiller, Josefin; Tilic, Ekin; Rousset, Vincent; Pleijel, Fredrick; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). Spaghetti to a tree: A robust phylogeny for Terebelliformia (Annelida) based on transcriptomes, molecular and morphological Data. <em>Biology.</em> 9(4): 73 [29 pp. + supplementary material]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9040073 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2020). Revision of the French Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of eight new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4869(2): 151-186., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4869.2.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Holthe, T. (1986). Evolution, systematics, and distribution of the Polychaeta Terebellomorpha, with a catalogue of the taxa and a bibliography. <em>Gunneria.</em> 55: 1-236., available online at http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:331918/FULLTEXT01.pdf [details]
taxonomy source Stiller, Josefin; Tilic, Ekin; Rousset, Vincent; Pleijel, Fredrick; Rouse, Greg W. (2020). Spaghetti to a tree: A robust phylogeny for Terebelliformia (Annelida) based on transcriptomes, molecular and morphological Data. <em>Biology.</em> 9(4): 73 [29 pp. + supplementary material]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9040073 [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2020). Revision of the French Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of eight new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4869(2): 151-186., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4869.2.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Holthe, T. (1986). Evolution, systematics, and distribution of the Polychaeta Terebellomorpha, with a catalogue of the taxa and a bibliography. <em>Gunneria.</em> 55: 1-236., available online at http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:331918/FULLTEXT01.pdf [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Lavesque, Nicolas; Hutchings, Pat; Daffe, Guillemine; Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2020). Revision of the French Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of eight new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4869(2): 151-186., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4869.2.1
page(s): 183; note: Key to European species of Polycirridae [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 183; note: Key to European species of Polycirridae [details] Available for editors
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additional source
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): 111 [details]
additional source Claus, C. (1880). Grundzüge der Zoologie, zum wissenschaftlichen gebrauche [fourth edition]. [Principles of Zoology, for scientific use [fourth edition]]. <em>N.G. Elwert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Marburg.</em> 1: 1-822. [Copepoda :543-560]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/913950
page(s): 495; note: usage of Polycirrinae [details]
page(s): 111 [details]
additional source Claus, C. (1880). Grundzüge der Zoologie, zum wissenschaftlichen gebrauche [fourth edition]. [Principles of Zoology, for scientific use [fourth edition]]. <em>N.G. Elwert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Marburg.</em> 1: 1-822. [Copepoda :543-560]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/913950
page(s): 495; note: usage of Polycirrinae [details]
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From editor or global species database
Classification Nogueira, Fitzhugh and Hutchings (2013: 235-236) considered subfamily Polycirrinae as family Polycirridae after morphological cladistic analysis of Terebellomorphs. Herein, this change was not adopted. Subsequently Stiller et al (2020), after a molecular analysis, reduced Polycirrinae to tribe rank within subfamily Terebellinae. This change has been adopted.According to Stiller et al (2020: 14 of 28] "Polycirrini are therefore simplified terebellids that have lost their branchiae, reversed the [character of] double rows of uncini that characterize Terebellinae and [have] reduced chaetae in some species. Their affliation with Terebellidae was previously suggested because they all share palps inserting outside of the mouth and their glandular shields. Phylogenetic analyses based on morphological data found Polycirrini inside of Thelepodinae, as the sister group to Terebellinae+Thelepodinae, or as the sister group to all other Terebelliformia. The latter result we also recover […] It is possible that the high degree of non-applicable morphological characters due to the absence of branchiae and often also of chaetae produced these placements of Polycirrini, which differ markedly from the hypothesis strongly supported by both Sanger-sequenced genes and transcriptomic data. "
Subsequently Lavesque, Hutchings, et al (2020) elected to continue with Polycirrus and relatives at family rank as Polycirridae, although not providing new comparative molecular data, stating that they will discuss the "status of Polycirridae in a subsequent paper". [details]
