Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida

Cirratuliformia

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acrocirridae Banse, 1969
Cirratulidae Ryckholt, 1851
Ctenodrilida
Fauveliopsida
Fauveliopsidae Hartman, 1971
Flabelligerida
Flabelligeridae de Saint-Joseph, 1894
Longosomatidae Hartman, 1944
Sternaspida
Sternaspidae Carus, 1863

Literature

basis of record

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.

status source

Rouse, G. W.; Pleijel, F. (2001). Polychaetes. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK [etc.]. ISBN 0-19-850608-2. 354 pp.

status source

Rouse, G.W. and Pleijel, Fredrik 2003. Problems in polychaete systematics. Hydrobiologia 496: 175-189.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Cirratuliformia. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155087

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2010-03-03 by Geoffrey Read

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