Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Polychaeta incertae sedis > Family Apharyngtidae

Apharyngtus Westheide, 1971

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Apharyngtus punicus Westheide, 1971

Literature

original description	Westheide, Wilfried. (1971). Apharyngtus punicus nov. gen. nov. spec., ein aberranter Archiannelide aus dem mesopsammal der tunesischen mittelmeerküste [Apharyngtus punicus nov. gen. nov. spec., an aberrant Archiannelid from the Mesopsammal of the Tunisian Coast of the Mediterranean.]. Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens. 6: 233-249.
additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. [Book chapter]. Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
status source	Worsaae, Katrine; Kerbl, Alexandra; Domenico, Maikon Di; Gonzalez, Brett C.; Bekkouche, Nicolas; Martínez, Alejandro. (2021). Interstitial Annelida. Diversity. 13(2): 77.
status source	Westheide, W. (2008). Polychaetes: interstitial families: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series), 44 (second edition). Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 978-1-85153-271-1. VII, 169 pp.
status source	Kerbl, Alexandra; Vereide, Emilie Hernes; Gonzalez, Brett C.; Rouse, Greg W.; Worsaae, Katrine. (2018). Two new meiofaunal species of Trilobodrilus (Dinophilidae, Annelida) from California, USA. European Journal of Taxonomy. (421).
status source	Westheide, Wilfried. (2019). Dinophilidae Verrill, 1892. [book section]. Chapt 7 Pleistoannelida, section 7.1.1: 217-234 In: Handbook of Zoology [Annelida. Basal groups and Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria 1, edited by W. Westheide and G. Purschke. Publisher: De Gruyter.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Apharyngtus Westheide, 1971. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129258