Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia

Longosomatidae Hartman, 1944

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Heterospionidae*	Hartman, 1965	heterotypic synonym

Children

Heterospio Ehlers, 1874

Literature

original description	Hartman, O. 1944. Polychaetous annelids. Part VI. Paraonidae, Magelonidae, Longosomidae, Ctenodrilidae, and Sabellariidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 10(3): 311-389.
additional source	Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp.
identification resource	Borowski, Christian 1995. New records of Longosomatidae (Heterospionidae) (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the abyssal southeast Pacific, with description of Heterospio peruana sp.n. and general remarks on the family. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut 92 (Suppl 1): 129-144.

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Citation

Read, G. (2014). Longosomatidae. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2014) World Polychaeta database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22608