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

Sigalionidae Malmgren, 1867

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Pholoididae*	Fauchald, 1977	heterotypic synonym
*Pisionidae*	Southern, 1914	heterotypic synonym

Children

Euthalenessa Darboux, 1900
Fimbriosthenelais Pettibone, 1971
Labioleanira Pettibone, 1992
Leanira Kinberg, 1856
Neoleanira Pettibone, 1970
Parasthenelais Amoureux, 1972
Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919
Pholoides Pruvot, 1895
Pisione Grube, 1857
Sigalion Audouin & Milne Edwards in Cuvier, 1830
Sthenelais Kinberg, 1856
Sthenolepis Willey, 1905

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: scaleworms

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	Barnich, R.; Fiege, D. 2003. The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 559: 167pp.
identification resource	Chambers, S.J.; Muir, A.I. (1997). Polychaetes: British Chrysopetaloidea, Pisionoidea and Aphroditoidea. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). 54: 1-202.

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Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (2014). Sigalionidae 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:943