RAMS taxon details
Melinnidae Chamberlin, 1919
155483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155483)
accepted
Family
- Genus Melinna Malmgren, 1866
- Genus Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885
- Genus Melinantipoda Hartman, 1967 accepted as Melinnides Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 accepted as Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, subjective synonym)
- Genus Melinnexis Annenkova, 1931 accepted as Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Melinnides Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 accepted as Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 443 [details]
page(s): 443 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Melinnidae Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155483 on 2026-10-14
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Melinnidae Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155483 on 2026-10-14
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original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 443 [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta] 2nd revised ed. <em>Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise [The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology].</em> 58. 648 pp. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
status 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
page(s): 6 of 28; note: rank upgrade of Melinninae from subfamily to family [details] Available for editors
page(s): 443 [details]
additional source Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1996). Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta [Annelida, bristleworms, Polychaeta] 2nd revised ed. <em>Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise [The fauna of Germany and adjacent seas with their characteristics and ecology].</em> 58. 648 pp. Gustav Fischer: Jena, Germany. ISBN 3-437-35038-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
status 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
page(s): 6 of 28; note: rank upgrade of Melinninae from subfamily to family [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
