Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Phyllodocida > Suborder Phyllodocida incertae sedis

Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Clavodorum Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
Commensodorum Fauchald, 1974
Ephesiella Chamberlin, 1919
Euritmia Sarda-Borroy, 1987
Geminofilum Capa, Nygren, Parapar, Bakken, Meißner & Moreira, 2019
Sphaerephesia Fauchald, 1972
Sphaerodoridium Lützen, 1961
Sphaerodoropsis Hartman & Fauchald, 1971
Sphaerodorum Örsted, 1843

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: コブゴカイ科

Literature

original description	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV 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.
taxonomy source	Fauchald, Kristian. (1974). Sphaerodoridae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from world-wide areas. Journal of Natural History. 8(3): 257-289.
taxonomy source	Capa, Maria; Aguado, M. Teresa; Bakken, Torkild. (2016). Phylogenetic hypothesis of Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida) and its position within Phyllodocida. Cladistics. 32: 13–30 [August 2016, online before print 12 September 2015].
identification resource	Capa, Maria; Bakken, Torkild. (2015). Revision of the Australian Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) including the description of four new species. Zootaxa. 4000(2): 227-267.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerodoridae Malmgren, 1867. 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:957