World Polychaeta Database

WoRMS taxon details

Spioniformia

AphiaID

909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:909)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Suborder

Parent

Spionida

Direct children (7)

Ordering

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Family Apistobranchidae Mesnil & Caullery, 1898
Family Poecilochaetidae Hannerz, 1956
Family Spionidae Grube, 1850
Family Trochochaetidae Pettibone, 1963
Family Uncispionidae Green, 1982
Family Disomidae Mesnil, 1897 accepted as Trochochaetidae Pettibone, 1963 (based on an invalid genus, Disoma (junior homonym))
Family Polydoridae Benham, 1896 accepted as Spionidae Grube, 1850 (unused at family rank, some informal use downgraded to tribe Polydorini)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spioniformia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=909 on 2025-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

Licensing

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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

From editor or global species database

Classification Suborder Spioniformia at present is a superfluous rank since there are no other suborders in Order Spionida [details]

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