WoRMS source details
Systematics, Taxonomy
Acholoe Claparède, 1870 (additional source)
Acholoe squamosa (Delle Chiaje, 1827) (additional source)
Admetella McIntosh, 1885 (additional source)
Admetella longipedata (McIntosh, 1885) (additional source)
Aglaophamus Kinberg, 1866 (additional source)
Aglaophamus lyratus Kinberg, 1866 (additional source)
Alciopa Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 (additional source)
Alciopa reynaudi [auct. lapsus] accepted as Alciopa reynaudii Audouin & H Milne Edwards, 1833 (basis of record)
Alciopina Claparède & Panceri, 1867 (additional source)
Alciopini Ehlers, 1864 (additional source)
Alentia Malmgren, 1865 (additional source)
Alentiana Hartman, 1942 (taxonomy source)
Alkmaria Horst, 1919 (additional source)
Alkmaria romijni Horst, 1919 (additional source)
Allia Strelzov, 1973 accepted as Aricidea (Strelzovia) Aguirrezabalaga, 2012 (basis of record)
Allmaniella McIntosh, 1885 (additional source)
Amaeana Hartman, 1959 (additional source)
Amage Malmgren, 1866 (additional source)
Amage auricula Malmgren, 1866 (additional source)
Amblyosyllis Grube, 1857 (additional source)
Amblyosyllis rhombeata Grube, 1857 (basis of record)
Ammotrypane Rathke, 1843 accepted as Ophelina Örsted, 1843 (status source)
Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 (additional source)
Ampharete gracilis Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Anobothrus gracilis (Malmgren, 1866) (basis of record)
Ampharetidae Malmgren, 1866 (additional source)
Amphicora Ehrenberg, 1836 accepted as Fabricia Blainville, 1828 (basis of record)
Amphicora Ehrenberg, 1836 accepted as Fabricia Blainville, 1828 (source of synonymy)
Amphicora mediterranea Leydig, 1851 accepted as Amphiglena mediterranea (Leydig, 1851) (additional source)
Amphicora sabella Ehrenberg, 1836 accepted as Fabricia stellaris (Müller, 1774) (basis of record)
Amphicora sabella Ehrenberg, 1836 accepted as Fabricia stellaris (Müller, 1774) (source of synonymy)
Amphicteis Grube, 1850 (additional source)
Amphicteis acutifrons Grube, 1860 accepted as Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) (basis of record)
Amphicteis acutifrons Grube, 1860 accepted as Ampharete acutifrons (Grube, 1860) (source of synonymy)
Amphicteis fragilis Wollebaek, 1912 accepted as Lysippe fragilis (Wollebaek, 1912) (basis of record)
Amphicteis fragilis Wollebaek, 1912 accepted as Lysippe fragilis (Wollebaek, 1912) (source of synonymy)
Amphicteis invalida Grube, 1860 accepted as Hypania invalida (Grube, 1860) (basis of record)
Amphicteis invalida Grube, 1860 accepted as Hypania invalida (Grube, 1860) (source of synonymy)
Amphiglena Claparède, 1864 (additional source)
Amphinome Bruguière, 1789 (additional source)
Amphinome incarunculata Peters, 1854 accepted as Linopherus incarunculata (Peters, 1854) (basis of record)
Amphinome incarunculata Peters, 1854 accepted as Linopherus incarunculata (Peters, 1854) (source of synonymy)
Amphinome rostrata (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Amphinomida (basis of record)
Amphinomidae Lamarck, 1818 (additional source)
Amphitrite Müller, 1771 (additional source)
Amphitrite affinis Malmgren, 1866 represented as Neoamphitrite affinis (Malmgren, 1866) (additional source)
Amphitrite auricoma Müller, 1776 accepted as Amphictene auricoma (O.F. Müller, 1776) (basis of record)
Amphitrite bombyx Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Branchiomma bombyx (Dalyell, 1853) (additional source)
Amphitrite cincinnata Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780) (basis of record)
Amphitrite cincinnata Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite cristata Müller, 1776 accepted as Pista cristata (Müller, 1776) (basis of record)
Amphitrite gunneri M. Sars, 1835 accepted as Amphicteis gunneri (M. Sars, 1835) (basis of record)
Amphitrite gunneri M. Sars, 1835 accepted as Amphicteis gunneri (M. Sars, 1835) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite nesidensis Delle Chiaje, 1828 accepted as Eupolymnia nesidensis (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (basis of record)
Amphitrite nesidensis Delle Chiaje, 1828 accepted as Eupolymnia nesidensis (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite plumosa Müller, 1776 accepted as Pherusa plumosa (Müller, 1776) (additional source)
Amphitrite plumosa Müller, 1776 accepted as Pherusa plumosa (Müller, 1776) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite vesiculosa Montagu, 1813 accepted as Acromegalomma vesiculosum (Montagu, 1813) (additional source)
Amphitrite volutacornis Montagu, 1804 accepted as Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804) (source of synonymy)
Amphitrite volutacornis Montagu, 1804 accepted as Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804) (basis of record)
Amphitritides Augener, 1922 (additional source)
Amphitritinae Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Terebellinae Johnston, 1846 (basis of record)
Amythasides Eliason, 1955 (additional source)
Amythasides macroglossus Eliason, 1955 (additional source)
Ancistrosyllis McIntosh, 1878 (additional source)
Ancistrosyllis groenlandica McIntosh, 1878 (additional source)
Anobothrus Levinsen, 1884 (additional source)
Anomalorbis Vine, 1972 (basis of record)
Anoplosyllis Claparède, 1868 (additional source)
Antinoe sarsi Kinberg in Malmgren, 1866 accepted as Bylgides sarsi (Kinberg in Malmgren, 1866) (additional source)
Antinoella sarsi (Kinberg in Malmgren, 1866) accepted as Bylgides sarsi (Kinberg in Malmgren, 1866) (additional source)
Antonbruunidae Fauchald, 1977 (original description)
Aonides Claparède, 1864 (additional source)
Aonides fulgens Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Paraonis fulgens (Levinsen, 1884) (basis of record)
Aonides oxycephala (Sars, 1862) (additional source)
Aparaonis Hartman, 1965 (additional source)
Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Aphrodita carunculata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) (source of synonymy)
Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766) (basis of record)
Aphrodita cirrhosa Pallas, 1766 accepted as Gattyana cirrhosa (Pallas, 1766) (source of synonymy)
Aphrodita clava Montagu, 1808 accepted as Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808) (basis of record)
Aphrodita clava Montagu, 1808 accepted as Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808) (source of synonymy)
Aphrodita minuta Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780) (basis of record)
Aphrodita minuta Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780) (source of synonymy)
Aphroditidae Malmgren, 1867 (additional source)
Aphroditiformia (additional source)
Apistobranchidae Mesnil & Caullery, 1898 (additional source)
Apistobranchus Levinsen, 1884 (additional source)
Apneumea Quatrefages, 1866 accepted as Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (source of synonymy)
Apomatus Philippi, 1844 (additional source)
Apomatus ampulliferus Philippi, 1844 (additional source)
Arabella Grube, 1850 (additional source)
Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804) (additional source)
Arabellidae Hartman, 1944 accepted as Oenonidae Kinberg, 1865 (additional source)
Archiannelida (additional source)
Arenicola Lamarck, 1801 (additional source)
Arenicola ecaudata Johnston, 1835 accepted as Arenicolides ecaudata (Johnston, 1835) (additional source)
Arenicolidae Johnston, 1835 (additional source)
Arenicolides Mesnil, 1898 (additional source)
European waters (ERMS scope) for Scalibregmatidae Malmgren, 1867
Italian Exclusive Economic Zone for Ichthyotomus sanguinarius Eisig, 1906
Clymene Savigny, 1818; also indeterminable and therefore invalid genus [details]
The Archiannelida are not a proper taxonomic group, and the five families included are not particularly closely ... [details]
Indeterminable, but even the family is uncertain. In Fauchald (1977) Enonella was indeterminable in Iphitimidae, ... [details]
Wesenberg-Lund (1950:15) was uncertain if Hesiosyllis belonged in Syllidae, presumably hence the name. Fauchald ... [details]
Myxicolinae was created by Rioja (1923) solely for Myxicola. As summarized by Fitzhugh (1989) Myxicolinae, ... [details]
Created by Fauvel in Acoetinae as a subfamily of Aphroditidae, but Fauchald 1977:66 and Pettibone 1989:5-7 treated ... [details]
Placed in family Cirratulidae by Fauchald (1977) [details]
Median antenna present. Modified setae neuropodial; each strongly curved distally, or bifid with several aristae or ... [details]
Median antenna present. All setae slender capillaries; those in the neuropodial fascicles often shorter than the ... [details]
Median antenna present. Modified setae slightly thicker than the non-modified capillary setae; somewhat more abruptly ... [details]
Setae present in the first segment; three pairs of branchiae on segments 2-4. All setae simple capillaries. [details]
Median antenna present; modified setae either pseudocomposite or recurved with a subterminal arista arising from ... [details]
ORBINIINAE with pointed prostomium, abdominal branchiae and all thoracic setae crenulated capillaries. Twelve ... [details]
ORBINIINAE with pointed prostomium, branchiae not present before segment 8; posterior thoracic neuropodia with two ... [details]
Median antenna present or absent; modified setae present in the postbranchial notopodial fascicles. [details]
Prostomium without appendages; palps absent. At least one asetigerous anterior segment present. Proboscis a ventral ... [details]
Body with maximally 15 segments; one achaetous segment present. Setae thick, marginally coarsely dentate or smooth. [details]
ORBINIINAE with conical prostomium; branchiae and accessory papillae absent. Separation between thorax and abdomen ... [details]
ORBINIINAE with rounded or truncate prostomium, branchiae first present from any segment from 2-23. Maximally two ... [details]
Questids with serrated capillary setae, bidentate hooks and trifurcate spines with the middle tine shorter and ... [details]
ORBINIINAE with pointed prostomium and first pair of branchiae on setiger 5-9. Posterior thoracic parapodia with ... [details]
Orbiniinae (was as Protoariciinae in Fauchald, 1977) with rounded or pointed prostomium and without branchiae. ... [details]
Orbiniida with lateral parapodia in a thoracic region and, usually, dorsal parapodia in an abdominal region. ... [details]
Nuchal organs on the peristomium; median antenna absent. Modified setae absent. [details]
Body long and slender with lateral parapodia. Prostomium with a single antenna or antennae absent. Branchiae ... [details]
Nuchal organs prostomial; median antenna absent. Modified setae neuropodial. [details]
PROTOARICIINAE with rounded prostomium and branchiae limited to abdominal segments. Thoracic neurosetae include ... [details]
PROTOARICIINAE with pointed prostomium and branchiae present on all but a few anterior segments ( from setiger 3 in ... [details]
PROTOARICIINAE with rounded prostomium and stout branchiae present from setiger 8. Transition from thorax to ... [details]
Nuchal organs peristomial; median antenna absent. Modified setae neuropodial. Prostomial terminal sense organs ... [details]
Orbiniinae, formerly Protoarciinae, with strongly pointed prostomium and branchiae present on the abdomen. ... [details]
PROTOARICIINAE with pointed prostomium and branchiae present on the abdomen. All setae crenulated capillaries. [details]
ORBINIINAE with pointed prostomium and branchiae first present from setiger 5 or later. Accessory papillae never ... [details]
Species with first branchiae on setiger 5-6; with heavy emerging notacicula in posterior setigers. [details]
Species with first branchiae on setigers 8-10 or later; without emerging notacicula in posterior setigers [details]
Nuchal organs peristomial; median antenna absent. Modified setae neuropodial. Prostomial terminal sense organs ... [details]
Thorax with 18 or 19 segments; one anterior asetigerous segment present; first setiger with notopodia only. Up to ... [details]
Orbiniinae with pointed prostomium, abdominal branchiae and all thoracic setae crenulated capillaries. Twelve ... [details]
Orbiniinae with pointed prostomium, abdominal branchiae and all thoracic setae crenulated capillaries. Twelve ... [details]
Original diagnosis by Fauchald (1977: 102): "Body ovate, caruncle high, loosely plaited and rugose. Branchiae ... [details]
Both anterior and posterior ends terminate with plaques (cephalic and anal plaques). Anus terminal (after Fauchald, ... [details]
Pre later synonymy, the diagnosis in Fauchald (1977:16) was: ORBINIINAE with pointed prostomium, branchiae not ... [details]
Both anterior and posterior ends terminate with plaques (cephalic and anal plaques). Anus dorsal. (after Fauchald, 1977) [details]
Diagnosis by Fauchald (1977): Three antennae and two pairs of tentacular cirri. Prostomium with paired posteriorly ... [details]
"Body elongated; prostomium T-shaped; eyes present. One asetigerous segment present. Branchiae present. Dorsal cirri ... [details]
ORBINIINAE with pointed prostomium and branchiae first present from chaetiger 5-7. Posterior thoracic parapodia ... [details]
Diagnosis by Fauchald (1977: 132), in subfamily Thelepinae (Terebellidae): "Two pairs of sessile branchial ... [details]
Body elongated; prostomium quadrangular with cirriform long lobes and nuchal organs. Dorsal and ventral cirri absent; ... [details]
Diagnosis from Fauchald (1977): Body elongated, prostomium T-shaped. One asetigerous segment present. Branchiae ... [details]
Body elongated; prostomium T-shaped, one asetigerous segment present. Eyes present. Branchiae present. Acicular ... [details]
Body elongated, prostomium T-shaped; one asetigerous segment present. Branchiae absent; ventral cirri present on ... [details]
Not stated in the original description. It seems to be composed by the name of the genus Chloeia Lamarck, 1818, ... [details]
Not stated. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having branchiae' or 'having gills', and ... [details]
The specific epithet peruanus refers to the type locality of the species, Peru. [details]
As noted by Fauchald nearly 40 years ago (guide to genera, 1977:85), the experimental and ecological literature ... [details]
Fauchald (1977:66) created the new name Pholoididae to replace Peisidicidae because of the synonymy of Peisidice. ... [details]
A possible source of confusion with Pholoe is the sigalionid genus Pholoides, and superseded family name [details]
Placed in family Spirorbidae in Vine , subfamily Spirorbinae in <198>. Type species A. manuatus Vine 1972 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
Type species C. websteri Banedict 1887 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
Type species Syllis spongicola Grube 1855 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
Type species Aphrodita carunculata Pallas 1766 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
Type species H. commensalis Willey 1905 in Fauchald, 1977 <246>. [details]
Type species P. indica Monro 1937 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
Type species P. terricola Quatrefages 1865 in Fauchald, 1977. Petaloproctus terricola is the original spelling ... [details]
Placed in the Family Spirorbidae in Fauchald, 1977<246>, and Vine, 1988 , but in the Family Serpulidae in NODC<209> and ... [details]
Type species Syllis krohnii Ehlers 1864 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]
The single 'i' spelling appears in Dales & George (1972) and in Fauchald (1977). They are unlikely to be the ... [details]
Lopadorhynchus is a very common misspelling and was used in the Fauchald (1977) guide to genera [details]
Misspelled 'Nainereis' in the index of Fauchald (1977), but correct 'Naineris' in the identification key (p. 15) ... [details]
Misspelling in Fauchald (1977 pink book: 65) for Norepea Baird, 1865. Placed as invalid synonym of Iphione [details]
The spelling pauliana, instead of pauliani, seems to have been introduced by Hartman (1965: 49). It is repeated in ... [details]
Fauchald (1977) treated Capitomastus as valid, as did Hartman (1947:400; 1959:153). Warren (1991:281) sunk it into ... [details]
Nothria is often considered a synoym of Onuphis. This is probably correct; species of both genera resemble each ... [details]
Paradoneis is invalid in the monograph of Strelzov (1973). He placed Paradoneis and Paraonides under Cirrophorus ... [details]
Fauchald (1977) listed Pentacirrus as a synonym of Timarete. The basis of this assignment is unclear. The genus was ... [details]
In creating Chloenopsis Fauchald, 1977 (and the content of the first version of this WoRMS record as created by ... [details]
Chloenopsis Fauchald, 1977 may be valid simply as a new genus for Chloenea sensu McIntosh and C. atlantica ... [details]
Created for Chloenea atlantica which (fide Fauchald, 1977) is not a Chloeia. [details]
Fauchald, K. (1977) refers to Euphrosine as first described by Savigny, 1818 instead of Lamarck, 1818. [details]
The genus was originally erected in the family Hesionidae by Ehlers (1913: 468), and later moved to Syllidae by Day ... [details]
