Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida

Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Euclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906
Isocirrus Arwidsson, 1906
Johnstonia
Lumbriclymeninae Arwidsson, 1906
Maldaninae Arwidsson, 1906
Micromaldane Monro, 1939
Nicomachinae Arwidsson, 1906
Notoproctinae
Proclymene Arwidsson, 1906
Rhodininae Arwidsson, 1906

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: bamboewormen sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: bamboo worms sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: bamboo worms

Literature

original description	Malmgren, A. J. 1867. Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiae, Groenlandiae, Islandiae et Scandinaviae hactenus cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingfors. 127pp, & 115 plates
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
additional source	Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
additional source	De Assis, José Eriberto; Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within Maldanidae (Capitellida, Annelida), based on morphological characters. Systematics and Biodiversity 9(3): 233-245

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Citation

Read, G. (2014). Maldanidae Malmgren, 1867. 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:923