Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Siboglinidae > Genus Sclerolinum

Sclerolinum contortum Smirnov, 2000

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sclerolinum*	Southward, 1961	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Smirnov, Roman V. (2000). Two new species of Pogonophora from the arctic mud volcano off northwestern Norway. Sarsia. 85(2), 141-150.
additional source	van der Land, J.; Southward, E. (2001). Pogonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 235
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Bell, James B.; Eilertsen, Mari H.; Mills, Rachel A.; Little, Crispin T. S.; Glover, Adrian G. (2015). A chemosynthetic weed: the tubeworm Sclerolinum contortum is a bipolar, cosmopolitan species. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15(1):280.
status source	Eichinger, I.; Hourdez, S.; Bright, M. (2013). Morphology, microanatomy and sequence data of Sclerolinum contortum (Siboglindae, Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 13(3): 311-329.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sclerolinum contortum Smirnov, 2000. 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:129130