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

Phyllodocidae Örsted, 1843

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Eteoninae Bergström, 1914
Lugiinae Bergström, 1914
Notophyllinae Pleijel, 1991
Phyllodocinae Örsted, 1843

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: paddleworms sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Paddelwürmer; Ruderwürmer 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.

Japanese: サシバゴカイ科

Literature

original description	Örsted, A.S. (1843). Annulatorum danicorum conspectus. Auctore A.S. Örsted. Fasc. I. Maricolæ. (Quæstio ab universitate Hafniensi ad solvendum proposita et proemio ornata).
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.
taxonomy source	Eklof, Jenny; Pleijel, Fredrik; Sundberg, Per. (2007). Phylogeny of benthic Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta) based on morphological and molecular data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45(1): 261-271.
identification resource	Pleijel, F.; Dales, R.P. (1991). Polychaetes: British Phyllodocoideans, Typhloscolecoideans and Tomopteroideans: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 45. U.B.S.; W. Backhuys: Oegstgeest, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-12-9. vii, 202 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Phyllodocidae Örsted, 1843. 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:931