Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Phyllodocida incertae sedis > Family Sphaerodoridae

Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ephesia*	Rathke, 1843	junior homonym

Children

Sphaerodorum gracilis (Rathke, 1843)
Sphaerodorum ophiurophoretos Martin & Alva, 1988

Literature

original description	Örsted, A.S. (1843). Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Auctore A.S. Örsted. Fasc. I. Maricolæ. (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata).
additional source	Reimers, Hans 1933. Morphologie der Polychaetengattung Sphaerodorum. Monographie. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 64(1): 41-110.
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	Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series. 28:1-188.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843. 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:129602