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

Paraonis Grube, 1873

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Paraonis fulgens (Levinsen, 1884)

Literature

original description	Grube, Adolf-Eduard. (1873). Über ein paar neue Anneliden aus der Familie der Spiodeen. Jahres-Bericht der Schlesichen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur. 50: 57-58.
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	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	Strelzov, V.; Uschakov, P. (1975). Paraonis Grube, 1873 (Polychaeta, Paraonidae): proposed use of the plenary powers to designate a type-species in harmony with current use. Z.N.(S.) 1993. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 32(3): 146-148.
status source	Strelzov, V.; Uschakov, P. (1972). Paraonis Grube, 1872 (Polychaeta, Paraonidae): proposed suppression under the plenary powers in favour of Paraonis Cerruti, 1909. Z.N.(S.) 1993. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 29(4), 209-211.
subsequent type designation	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). (1979). Opinion 1139: Paraonis Grube, 1873 (Polychaeta, Paraonidae): designation of a type species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 36(2): 114-118.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Paraonis Grube, 1873. 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:129435