WoRMS taxon details
Nereidiformia
- Family Antonbruunidae Fauchald, 1977
- Family Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864
- Family Hesionidae Grube, 1850
- Family Microphthalmidae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
- Family Nereididae Blainville, 1818
- Family Pilargidae Saint-Joseph, 1899
- Family Syllidae Grube, 1850
- Family Kynephoridae Ehlers, 1920 accepted as Kynephorinae Ehlers, 1920 (subjective synonym; assuming subfamily level status in Pilargidae)
- Family Levidoridae Perkins, 1987 accepted as Syllidae Grube, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Family Lycoridae Grube, 1850 accepted as Nereididae Blainville, 1818 (junior synonym)
- Family Nautilinidae Miura & Laubier, 1989 accepted as Nautiliniellidae Miura & Laubier, 1990 accepted as Calamyzinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971 (replaced name as Nautilina is a junior homonym)
- Family Nautiliniellidae Miura & Laubier, 1990 accepted as Calamyzinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971 (subjective synonym)
- Family Notophycidae Knox & Cameron, 1970 accepted as Nereidinae Blainville, 1818 (subjective synonym)
- Family Talehsapiidae Misra, 1999 accepted as Pilargidae Saint-Joseph, 1899 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nereidiformia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=928 on 2025-04-20
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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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ゴカイ亜目 | [details] |