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

Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Arichlidon Watson Russell, 1998
Bhawania Schmarda, 1861
Calamyzinae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971
Chrysopetalinae Ehlers, 1864
Dysponetinae Aguado, Nygren & Rouse, 2013

Literature

original description	Ehlers, E. 1864. Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. Volume 1. 1-268. Wilhelm Engelmann. Leipzig.
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
status source	Pleijel, Fredrik and Dahlgren, T.G. 1998. Position and delineation of Chrysopetalidae and Hesionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida). Cladistics 14: 129-150.
status source	Aguado, M. T.; Nygren, A.; Rouse, G. W. 2013. Two apparently unrelated groups of symbiotic annelids, Nautiliniellidae and Calamyzidae (Phyllodocida, Annelida), are a clade of derived chrysopetalid polychaetes. Cladistics 29(6): 610-628
identification resource	Perkins, Thomas H. 1985. Chrysopetalum, Bhawania and two new genera of Chrysopetalidae (Polychaeta), principally from Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98(4): 856-915.

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Citation

Read, G. (2014). Chrysopetalidae Ehlers, 1864. 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:944