Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Terebelliformia

Pectinariidae Quatrefages, 1866

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Amphictene Savigny, 1822
Cistenides Malmgren, 1866
Lagis Malmgren, 1866
Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818
Petta Malmgren, 1866

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: comb worms; ice-cream-cone worms; pectinariids; trumpet worms sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Kammborstenwürmer; Kammwürmer

Literature

original description

Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. Volume 2.. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris.

additional source

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

Vinn, Oleg; Luque, Javier. 2013. First record of a pectinariid-like (Polychaeta, Annelida) agglutinated worm tube from the Late Cretaceous of Colombia. Cretaceous Research 41: 107-110

taxonomy source

Zhang, Jinghuai; Hutchings, Pat; Kupriyanova, Elena. (2019). A revision of the genus Petta Malmgren, 1866 (Annelida: Pectinariidae), with two new species from deep waters of southeastern Australia, and comments on phylogeny of the family. Zootaxa. 4614(2): 303-330.

identification resource

Hutchings, Patricia A.; Peart, Rachael. (2002). A Review of the genera of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) together with a description of the Australian Fauna. Records of the Australian Museum,. 54(1): 99-127.

identification resource

Zhang, Jinghuai; Hutchings, Pat. (2019). A revision of Australian Pectinariidae (Polychaeta), with new species and new records. Zootaxa. 4611(1): 1-70.

identification resource

Jirkov, I. A. and Leontovitch, M. K. (2013). Identification keys for Terebellomorpha (Polychaeta) of the eastern Atlantic and the North Polar basin. Invertebrate Zoology [aka Zoologiya Bespozvonochnykh]. 10 (2): 217 - 243.

identification resource

Nishi, Eijiroh; Matsuo, Kanako; Kazama-Wakabayashi, Maki; Mori, Atsushi; Tomioka, Shinri; Kajihara, Hiroshi; Hamaguchi, Masami; Kajihara, Naoto; Hutchings, Pat. (2014). Partial revision of Japanese Pectinariidae (Annelida: Polychaeta), including redescriptions of poorly known species. Zootaxa. 3895(3): 433-445.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Pectinariidae Quatrefages, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=980

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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