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

Poecilochaetidae Hannerz, 1956

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Poecilochaetus Claparède in Ehlers, 1875

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: トックリゴカイ科

Literature

original description	Hannerz, Lennart. (1956). Larval development of the polychaete families Spionidae Sars, Disomidae Mesnil, and Poecilochaetidae n. fam. in the Gullmar Fjord (Sweden). Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala. 31: 1-204.
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.
taxonomy source	Santos, Cinthya S.G.; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (2008). New species of Poecilochaetus Claparède, 1875 (Polychaeta, Spionida, Poecilochaetidae) from Paranaguá Bay, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa. 1790(1): 53-68.
taxonomy source	Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (1990). The Poecilochaetidae and Trochochaetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of Hong Kong. Pp. 337-362. IN: Morton, B. (Ed.). Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 1986. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
identification resource	Read, Geoffrey B. (1986). New deep-sea Poecilochaetidae (Polychaeta: Spionida) from New Zealand. Journal of Natural History. 20(2): 399-413.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Poecilochaetidae Hannerz, 1956. 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:916