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

Cirrophorus Ehlers, 1908

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aricidea (Cirrophorus)*	(Ehlers, 1908)	synonym

Children

Cirrophorus branchiatus Ehlers, 1908
Cirrophorus furcatus (Hartman, 1957)

Literature

original description	Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899. 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII.
basis of record	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	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.
identification resource	Erdoğan-Dereli, Deniz; Çinar, Melih Ertan; Dağli, Ertan. (2017). Cirrophorus species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Paraonidae) in the Sea of Marmara, with description of a new species. Zootaxa. 4347(1): 137-150.
identification resource	Langeneck, J.; Barbieri, M.; Maltagliati, F.; Castelli, A. (2017). A new species of Cirrophorus (Annelida: Paraonidae) from Mediterranean organically enriched coastal environments, with taxonomic notes on the family. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 97(05): 871-880.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Cirrophorus Ehlers, 1908. 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:129431