Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Errantia > Order Eunicida > Family Dorvilleidae

Dorvillea Parfitt, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Staurocephalus*	Grube, 1855	junior homonym
*Stauronereis*	Verrill, 1900	synonym

Children

Dorvillea angolana (Augener, 1918)
Dorvillea atlantica (McIntosh, 1885)
Dorvillea erucaeformis (Malmgren, 1865)
Dorvillea kastjani Tsetlin, 1980
Dorvillea roemeri (Augener, 1912)
Dorvillea rubrovittata (Grube, 1855)

Literature

original description	Parfitt, Edward 1866. Description of a Nereis new to science. The Zoologist, London, 1 (series 2): 113-114.
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.
additional source	Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Dorvillea Parfitt, 1866. 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:129261