Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Terebellida > Suborder Cirratuliformia > Family Cirratulidae > Subfamily Ctenodrilinae

Ctenodrilus Claparède, 1863

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parthenope*	Schmidt, 1857	junior homonym

Children

Ctenodrilus parvulus Scharff, 1887
Ctenodrilus serratus (Schmidt, 1857)

Literature

original description	Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 1-120, 18 plates.
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	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, 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: 214-231.
status source	Weidhase, Michael; Bleidorn, Christoph; Simon, Carol A. (2016). On the taxonomy and phylogeny of Ctenodrilus (Annelida: Cirratulidae) with a first report from South Africa. Marine Biodiversity. 46(1): 243-252.
taxonomy source	Magalhães, Wagner F.; Weidhase, Michael; Schulze, Anja; Bailey-Brock, Julie H. (2016). Taxonomic remarks on the genus Ctenodrilus (Annelida: Cirratulidae) including description of a new species from the Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa. 4103(4): 325-343.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Ctenodrilus Claparède, 1863. 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:129253