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

Cirratulidae Ryckholt, 1851

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aphelochaeta Blake, 1991
Caulleriella Chamberlin, 1919
Chaetozone Malmgren, 1867
Cirratulus Lamarck, 1818
Cirrhineris Blainville, 1828
Cirriformia Hartman, 1936
Ctenodrilinae Kennel, 1882
Dodecaceria Örsted, 1843
Fauvelicirratulus Çinar & Petersen, 2011
Kirkegaardia Blake, 2016
Protocirrineris Czerniavsky, 1881
Raphidrilinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
Tharyx Webster & Benedict, 1887
Timarete Kinberg, 1866

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: cirratulid worms; cirratulids; red threads worms sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Fadenkiemer; Rankenwürmer sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: ミズヒキゴカイ科

Literature

original description	Carus, J. Victor 1863. Vermes, in W. C. H. Peters, J.V. Carus and C.E.A. Gerstäcker eds., Handbuch der zoologie: Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, p. 422-484.
original description	Ryckholt, Philippe de (Baron). (1851). Mélanges paléontologiques. Part 1. Memoires Couronnes et Memoires des Savants Etrangers de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 24: 1-176, plates 1-10.
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.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Petit, R. E. (1987). Ryckholt's Mélanges Paléontologiques, 1851-1862, with a new name for Tudicula H. & A. Adams, non Ryckholt. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 139: 53-64.
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	Blake, James A. (2018). Bitentaculate Cirratulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) collected chiefly during cruises of the R/V Anton Bruun, USNS Eltanin, USCG Glacier, R/V Hero, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, and R/V Polarstern from the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, and off Western South America. Zootaxa. 4537(1): 1-130.
taxonomy source	Wolf, Paul S. (1984). Family Cirratulidae Carus, 1863. In: Uebelacker, J.M.; Johnson, P.G. (eds). Taxonomic guide to the polychaetes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2. Chapter Pagination: 12.1-12.30, Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Inc., Mobile, Alabama.
taxonomy source	Grosse, Maël; Bakken, Torkild; Nygren, Arne; Kongsrud, Jon A.; Capa, María. (2020). Species delimitation analyses of NE Atlantic Chaetozone (Annelida, Cirratulidae) reveals hidden diversity among a common and abundant marine annelid. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 149: 106852: 1-12.
taxonomy source	Blake, J.A. 1996. Family Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851. Including a revision of the genera and species from the eastern North Pacific. pages 263-384. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 6 - The Annelida Part 3. Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara
taxonomy source	Grube, A.E. (1873). Die Familie der Cirratuliden. Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, Breslau. 50: 59-66.
taxonomy source	Blake, James A.; Dean, Harlan K. (2019). New Species of Cirratulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa. 4671(3): 301-338.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cirratulidae Ryckholt, 1851. 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:919