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

Terebellinae Johnston, 1846

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Subfamily group names

*Amphitritinae*	Malmgren, 1866	synonym

Children

Artacamini
Baffinia Wesenberg-Lund, 1950
Eupistella Chamberlin, 1919
Lanicini Holthe, 1986
Nicolea Malmgren, 1866
Phisidia Saint-Joseph, 1894
Pistella Hartmann-Schröder, 1996
Polycirrini Malmgren, 1866
Procleini Holthe, 1986
Terebellini Johnston, 1846

Literature

original description	Johnston, George 1846. An index to the British Annelides [sic]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1, 16 (supplement to vol 16): 433-462. Plate 2.
additional source	Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2009). Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region. Zootaxa. 2320: 1-93.
additional source	Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 40(1): 1-60.
additional source	Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2003). Revision of Spinosphaera and establishment of the new genus Hutchingsiella (Polychaeta: Terebellidae: Terebellinae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 83(4): 747-759.
status source	Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Terebellinae Johnston, 1846. 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:322588