Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Phyllodociformia

Phyllodocidae Örsted, 1843

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Eteoninae Bergström, 1914
Notophyllinae Pleijel, 1991
Phyllodocinae Örsted, 1843

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

English-United States: paddleworms

Literature

original description	Örsted, Anders Sandoe. 1843. Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Volume Fasc. 1 Maricolae (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata). 1-52. Librariae Wahlianae. Hafniae (Copenhagen).
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
identification resource	Pleijel, F.; Dales, R.P. (1991). Polychaetes: British Phyllodocoideans, Typhloscolecoideans and Tomopteroideans: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 45. U.B.S.; W. Backhuys: Oegstgeest, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-12-9. vii, 202 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Phyllodocidae. 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:931