Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Scolecida > Family Orbiniidae > Subfamily Orbiniinae

Phylo Kinberg, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Orbinia (Phylo)*	Kinberg, 1866	synonym

Children

Phylo foetida (Claparède, 1868)
Phylo grubei (McIntosh, 1910)
Phylo kupfferi (Ehlers, 1874)
Phylo norvegica (M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872)

Literature

original description	Kinberg, J. G. H. (1866). Annulata Nova. Continuatio. [various errantia & sedentaria]. Öfversigt af Königlich Vetenskapsakademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm. 22(4): 239-258.
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	Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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.
taxonomy source	Hartman, Olga. (1957). Orbiniidae, Apistobranchidae, Paraonidae and Longosomidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 15(3): 211-393.
taxonomy source	Hartman, Olga. (1948). The marine annelids erected by Kinberg. With some notes on some other types in the Swedish State Museum. Arkiv för Zoologi. 42(1): 1-137, & plates 1-18.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Phylo Kinberg, 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:129421