MSBIAS taxon details
Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867
- Genus Clavodorum Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
- Genus Commensodorum Fauchald, 1974
- Genus Geminofilum Capa, Nygren, Parapar, Bakken, Meißner & Moreira, 2019
- Genus Sphaerodoridium Lützen, 1961
- Genus Sphaerodoropsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
- Genus Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843
- Genus Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
page(s): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles 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=957 on 2025-11-13
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957 on 2025-11-13
original description
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): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
taxonomy source Fauchald, Kristian. (1974). Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(3): 257-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770241 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Aguado, M. Teresa; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Phylogenetic hypothesis of Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida) and its position within Phyllodocida. <em>Cladistics.</em> 32: 13–30 [August 2016, online before print 12 September 2015]., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12134/abstract [details]
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 Capa, Maria; Bakken, Torkild. (2015). Revision of the Australian Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) including the description of four new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4000(2): 227-267., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.3
note: Australian species key and tabulation [details] Available for editors
page(s): 79; note: As Spaerodoridae [sic] [details]
taxonomy source Fauchald, Kristian. (1974). Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(3): 257-289., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770241 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Capa, Maria; Aguado, M. Teresa; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Phylogenetic hypothesis of Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida) and its position within Phyllodocida. <em>Cladistics.</em> 32: 13–30 [August 2016, online before print 12 September 2015]., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12134/abstract [details]
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 Capa, Maria; Bakken, Torkild. (2015). Revision of the Australian Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) including the description of four new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4000(2): 227-267., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.3
note: Australian species key and tabulation [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
